Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered health care reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care. As she has throughout her public career, the Senator has maintained a sharp focus on improving rural health care.
Senator Hyde-Smith appreciates the role of the state’s universities to support federal research on better prevention and treatment efforts on chronic diseases, like diabetes, that affect Mississippians disproportionally.
HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP
HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP
Miss. Senator Will Chair Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has been named chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, a panel with oversight over livestock and dairy production, marketing, food safety, and security issues.
The appointment means Hyde-Smith will chair two subcommittees in...
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS SEND LETTER REQUESTING ADMINISTRATION STABILIZE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS SEND LETTER REQUESTING ADMINISTRATION STABILIZE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and 64 other Senators today issued a letter urging the administration to stabilize the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to 21 million seniors and individuals with disabilities.
The Senators, including Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), wrote to...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CHALLENGE NEW LIVER TRANSPLANT POLICY THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT MISSISSIPPI
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CHALLENGE NEW LIVER TRANSPLANT POLICY THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT MISSISSIPPI
Senators Ask HHS Secretary for Answers on Policy that Diverts Donated Livers to Other Regions
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are challenging a new policy that could divert livers donated for transplant in Mississippi to other regions of the country.
Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 22 Senators who signed a bipartisan letter to Health and Human...
Congressional Republicans Fire Back at Calls to Loosen Abortion Restrictions
Washington Free Beacon
Congressional Republicans Fire Back at Calls to Loosen Abortion Restrictions
By Graham Piro
Democratic leaders and activists are attempting to use the coronavirus pandemic to loosen restrictions on abortion pills and the use of human fetal tissue in taxpayer-sponsored...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force
News Mississippi
Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force
By Steven Gagliano
As conversations regarding the re-opening of the American economy ramp up, Mississippi’s Senators will serve on President Trump’s ‘Opening Up America Again Congressional Group’.
Senators...
Pro-life Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin. to Reject Potential Fetal Tissue Coronavirus Research
National Review
Pro-life Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin. to Reject Potential Fetal Tissue Coronavirus Research
By Mairead McArdle
Pro-life members of Congress are urging the Trump administration to keep measures in place intended to protect unborn life and the dignity of fetal remains as abortion...