Delta Region

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...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO GIVE POLICE HIGH-TECH DEVICES TO DETECT FENTANYL, ILLEGAL DRUGS

Bipartisan Measure Would Create DOJ Grant Program to Aid State, Local Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined in introducing bipartisan legislation to help state and local law enforcement acquire high-tech devices to detect and identify dangerous drugs like fentanyl.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER...