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SENATORS CALL ON ADMINISTRATION TO RESTORE MORE CHOICE IN HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and 34 other senators today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta, and HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar urging the administration to restore 12-month terms for short-term, limited duration insurance plans, which were available for two decades before being prohibited by Obama administration rules in 2016. The senators also...

WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, LET’S KEEP WORKING
 
By U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
 

The congressional tradition of escaping the nation’s capital in August dates back to the time before air conditioning when Senators would race home before the summer heat reached its peak.  I’ve got an advantage over many of my colleagues because we in Mississippi know something about summer heat.  There are two excellent reasons why the Senate should break with tradition and stay in Washington this...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS ADDED FY2019 FUNDING FOR VETERANS CARE & BENEFITS
 
Military Construction-VA Appropriations Bill Benefits Army Lab in Vicksburg, Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported committee passage of the FY2019 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Bill which provides record-setting levels of funding for veterans care.
 
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate...