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.


WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & SCHATZ LEAD EFFORT TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH ACCESS, PERMANENTLY SECURE FLEXIBILITIES

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & SCHATZ LEAD EFFORT TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH ACCESS, PERMANENTLY SECURE FLEXIBILITIES

Bipartisan Group of Senators Renews Push to Enact Most Extensive Telehealth Legislation in Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Wednesday led 60 of their colleagues in a bipartisan effort to reintroduce the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act.

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HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES BUILD ON TRUMP ORDER TO CODIFY MALE & FEMALE DEFINITIONS

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES BUILD ON TRUMP ORDER TO CODIFY MALE & FEMALE DEFINITIONS

Legislation Seeks to Counter Radical Left-Wing Ideology and Enshrine Biological Sex in Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation that would establish the legal definitions of male, female, and sex to ensure they reflect biological reality.

The Defining Male and Female Act of 2025 would codify President Trump’s Exe...

HYDE-SMITH AGAIN PUSHES TO DELIVER COMBAT-INJURED VETERANS FULL MILITARY BENEFITS

HYDE-SMITH AGAIN PUSHES TO DELIVER COMBAT-INJURED VETERANS FULL MILITARY BENEFITS

Legislation Reintroduced to Provide Combat-Injured Veterans with Full Earned Disability Compensation & Retirement Pay

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day on Saturday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she is again supporting an effort to overturn a policy that denies some combat-disabled veterans from receiving full military retirement pay and veteran...

Texas lawyer to head agriculture department

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Texas lawyer to head agriculture department

February 14, 2025

Brooke Rollins will become the 33rd U.S. secretary of agriculture. The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on February 13 by a vote of 72...