Delta Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL OUT HARMFUL MARRIAGE PENALTIES IN DEMOCRATS’ TAX & SPEND BILL

Miss. Senators Urge Support for Strong Families, Removal of Penalties on Married Couples from Package

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to urge Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to remove new tax penalties that would discourage marriage from the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SIGNAL OPPOSITION TO REJOINING U.N. ARMS TRADE TREATY

Second Amendment Rights Threatened if Biden Rejoins International Gun Control Pact 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today affirmed their opposition to any effort by President Biden to rejoin the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement to regulate trade in firearms.

The Mississippi Senators are among 37 Republican Senators who signed a...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO DELAY FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUM HIKES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Risk Rating 2.0 rollout until Sept. 30, 2022.

The NFIP Risk Rating 2.0 Delay Act of 2021 (S.2869) was introduced in response to FEMA intent to allow the Oct. 1 launch of Risk Rating 2.0, its new rating system for pricing...