WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today led the Senate in introducing legislation to help protect farmers from fatal tractor rollovers through a U.S. Department of Agriculture cost-share grant program for retrofitting older tractors with rollbars and other protections.
Hyde-Smith, with U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), on Monday introduced the Roll-Over Prevention and Safety (ROPS) Act (S.3580) (https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2026-01/Roll-Over%20Prevention%20%26%20Safety%20Act.pdf) to continue operation of the National ROPS Rebate Program. Mississippi farmers rely on this effec...