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Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state.  The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.

Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.

News Releases

HYDE-SMITH, ROSEN & KELLY OFFER BIPARTISAN BILL TO SUPPORT WORKERS ENTERING OR RETURNING TO STEM CAREERS

HYDE-SMITH, ROSEN & KELLY OFFER BIPARTISAN BILL TO SUPPORT WORKERS ENTERING OR RETURNING TO STEM CAREERS

Bill Would Create Incentives for Businesses to Fill STEM Jobs with Mid-Career Workers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Jackie Rosen (D-Nevada), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)  today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide funding to support mid-career internships, known as “returnships,” for workers seeking to return to or transition into the STEM workforce.

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HYDE-SMITH TEAMS WITH TUBERVILLE IN FIGHT TO SAVE TITLE IX, WOMEN’S SPORTS

HYDE-SMITH TEAMS WITH TUBERVILLE IN FIGHT TO SAVE TITLE IX, WOMEN’S SPORTS

Push to Stop Biden Rule Forcing Schools to Allow Biological Males to Compete in Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined with U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in resuming the fight to protect women’s sports by stopping a Biden administration rule that would force schools and universities to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports.

The Protection of Women and...

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HYDE-SMITH TESTIFIES AGAINST UNCONSTITUTIONAL ERA REVIVAL EFFORT

HYDE-SMITH TESTIFIES AGAINST UNCONSTITUTIONAL ERA REVIVAL EFFORT

Miss. Senator Warns of Equal Rights Amendment Harm to Women, the Unborn, and Constitutional Amendment Process

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VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Warns of Consequences of Revived Expired ERA.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith’s Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today testified against the latest effort to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into the U.S...

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Biden will create national monument to honor Emmett Till

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Biden will create national monument to honor Emmett Till

By Rob Hotakainen

President Joe Biden on Tuesday will create a new national monument to commemorate Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy whose killing in the Mississippi Delta in 1955 helped spark the modern civil rights...

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