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HYDE-SMITH STRESSES NEED FOR STRONG HHS RESPONSE TO RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURES

At Hearing on HHS Budget, Senator Cites “Very Critical” Rural Hospital Problems

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and HHS Secretary Azar on Rural Hospitals.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the need for federal action to address the risk of rural hospitals closing in Mississippi and other rural states.

Hyde-Smith raised the rural hospital issue at a Senate Labor, Health and Human...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS EFFORT TO OVERCOME DEMOCRAT FILIBUSTER OF TRUMP NOMINEES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted in support of a new effort to overcome persistent and ongoing Democratic filibusters of even the most noncontroversial Trump nominees.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Rules Committee, said Democratic obstructionism to hundreds of people nominated by President Trump is having an effect on how federal services are delivered to Mississippians.

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EPA HEAD TO HYDE-SMITH: AGENCY RECONSIDERING 2008 DECISION THAT HALTED DELTA FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT

Senator Presses EPA Administrator on Current and Past Flooding Disasters in South Delta

VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Mississippi Flooding with EPA Administrator

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today gained public verification that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reevaluating its 2008 decision to stop a critical flood control project for the...