HYDE-SMITH TESTIFIES TO PROTECT HARD-WON GIRLS’ & WOMEN’S RIGHTS

HYDE-SMITH TESTIFIES TO PROTECT HARD-WON GIRLS’ & WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Before Judiciary Committee, Miss. Senator Highlights Harmful Effects of Pending ‘Equality Act’

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VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Testifies Against the Gender Identity Legislation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today provided testimony on the harmful effects on girls and women that would result from provisions of the Equality Act (HR.5), a House-passed measure that would significantly alter how the United States...

MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION URGES IRS TO CLEAR TAX RETURN BACKLOG

MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION URGES IRS TO CLEAR TAX RETURN BACKLOG

Ahead of Tax Day, Mississippi Legislators Address Constituent Concerns

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.), today sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to clear a large backlog of 2019 tax returns before the...

HYDE-SMITH NAMED TOP REPUBLICAN ON AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE

HYDE-SMITH NAMED TOP REPUBLICAN ON AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry U.S. today named U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) as the lead Republican of its Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security.

“I look forward to serving as the Ranking Member of this subcommittee as the Senate Agriculture Committee addresses the policies needed to strengthen the agricultural sector and...

Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam

WTOK-TV Meridian

Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam

By Andrew Samet

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - We will be moving the clock forward by one hour early Sunday morning and there is a push in the nation’s capital to make this time change permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act was...

Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA

Environment and Energy News

Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA

By Kevin Bogardus

The Senate this evening confirmed Michael Regan to be EPA administrator in a vote with bipartisan support.
President Biden's nominee to lead the agency was approved 66-34, with several Republican senators...