East Central Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CONDEMN BANK’S ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE SECOND AMENDMENT

Senators Say Amalgamated Bank Is “Weaponizing the Financial System to Enact Far-Left Political Goals”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined 24 colleagues on a letter to Amalgamated Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Sims Brown, criticizing the institution’s work to force U.S. financial services firms to categorize gun purchases. 

The Senators...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER INTRODUCE MISS. FARM BUREAU CENTENNIAL RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) this week introduced a resolution to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and its influence on agriculture in the Magnolia State.

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation was chartered on Oct. 30, 1922, as an affiliate of the American Farm Bureau.  The national organization was founded in 1919.

“The...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES QUESTION TRICARE PRESCRIPTION CHANGES  

Lawmakers Concerned About Shrinking Pharmacy Network for TRICARE Patients & Their Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in seeking answers from the Biden administration regarding TRICARE beneficiaries’ ability to maintain access to local pharmacies.

In all, 16 Senators signed a letter to Seileen Mullen, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health...