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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH REQUEST RETURN TO REAGAN-ERA TITLE X REGULATIONS TO PREVENT TAXPAYER FUNDING OF ABORTION PROVIDERS

Miss. Senators Assert Current Regulations Undermine Law Preventing Federal Funding for Abortions

WASHINGTON, D. C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 41 Senators calling for a return to regulations to bar Title X Family Planning grantees from co-locating with abortion clinics, or from promoting, counseling, or referring clients...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES AWARD OF $27.7 MILLION IN GOMESA FUNDING
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, today praised the Interior Department announcement to distribute more than $27.7 million this year to the State of Mississippi and three coast counties for coastal conservation, restoration, and hazard mitigation activities.
 
The funding, announced by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday, represents Phase II...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY BILL
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to allow law-abiding citizens with concealed carry privileges to take firearms across state lines.
 
Hyde-Smith has added her support to the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (S.446), which would allow qualified individuals to carry a concealed handgun into another state in accordance with that state’s laws.  Concealed carry permits are...