Delta Region

HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR ‘EQUAL CAMPUS ACCESS ACT’

Miss. Senator Cosponsors Bill to Safeguard Students’ Freedom of Faith and Association on College Campuses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) in introducing legislation to ensure public colleges and universities cannot withhold recognition, access to facilities, or other benefits from religious student organizations.

The Equal Campus Access Act of 2025 (S...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES EMERGENCY PINE BEETLE RESPONSE LEGISLATION

Bipartisan Legislation to Help Landowners, Communities, Industry Overcome Pine Beetle Infestations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her bipartisan bill to help private landowners, timber cutting and hauling businesses, and local municipalities respond to forest-related disasters, including the pine beetle that has laid waste to vast swaths of southern forests.

The Emergency Pine...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week introduced a Senate resolution designating September as “National Infant Mortality Awareness Month” to raise greater public awareness of the problem and support for efforts to reduce such tragedies.

The resolution, among other things, highlights several programs like the Newborn Supply Kit that are being deployed to reduce the rates of infant mortality...