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HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding her decision to vote against the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court:

“I cannot in good conscience support the confirmation of Judge Jackson.

“I take seriously my responsibility to weigh the merits of each Supreme...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL FOR END OF ANTI-ISRAEL FOCUS OF U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Miss. Senators Among 68 Senators Asking Sec. of State to Refocus Resources on Actual Human Rights Crises 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among a broad bipartisan Senate majority that is encouraging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to assert his influence to end “discriminatory and unwarranted treatment” of Israel by the United Nations Human Rights...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1.2 MILLION GRANT TO SUPPORT MANUFACTURING IN MISS. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $1.2 million Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) grant for a Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) program to improve the competitiveness of the state’s manufacturing sector.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) grant, totaling $1,218,682, will support ongoing work by the MEP Center for Mississippi, a MMA-led...