WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after Gov. Phil Bryant, R-Miss., selected Cindy Hyde-Smith to serve in the U.S. Senate:

“Governor Phil Bryant has made an excellent and historic pick in Cindy Hyde-Smith to be our next United States Senator.  She served admirably in the Mississippi Senate and as our Commissioner of Agriculture, and I know she will be an effective, conservative Senator from day one.  I look forward to being her colleague and working with her to serve all Mississippians.”