“The congressional tradition of escaping the nation's capital in August dates back to the time before air conditioning when Senators would race home before the summer heat reached its peak. I've got an advantage over many of my colleagues because we in Mississippi know something about summer heat.”

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.