“It is also our responsibility to fulfill our promises to our veterans, to help those in need, and to support their strength and resilience. Ensuring that we take care of them and their families is a responsibility entrusted to all of us.”

American politician

Cindy Hyde-Smith is an American politician serving since 2018 as the junior United States senator from Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce from 2012 to 2018 and sat in the Mississippi State Senate from 2000 to 2012. Her career has centered on state and federal politics in Mississippi. The record places her in elected office for more than two decades, first in the state legislature and then as the state’s agriculture and commerce commissioner before moving to the U.S. Senate.