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HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES WORKING QUORUM FOR FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Senate Rules & Administration Committee Considers FEC Nominee Held Up Since 2017

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Advocates Confirmation to Give FEC Working Quorum

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith today advocated for confirmation of a nominee to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in order to give the agency the working quorum it has lacked since August 2019.

Hyde-Smith addressed the need for a working quorum at the FEC...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON VOTE FOR CORONAVIRUS FUNDING BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement after her vote to send President Trump the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act:

“The overwhelming vote for this package indicates strong support for a government-wide response to the coronavirus situation, meaning we must have federal, state, and local coordination and cooperation.”

The package, passed on a...

HYDE-SMITH THANKS EDUCATION SEC. FOR MAINTAINING RURAL, LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS FUNDING

Senator Had Raised Concerns about Eligibility Changes Affecting Miss. Schools 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In addition to highlighting educational achievements in Mississippi, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today thanked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for stepping back from reforms that could have reduced eligibility and funding for rural, high poverty school districts.

Hyde-Smith was among 21 Senators who...