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 APPEALS FOR LEGITIMATE COOPERATION TO FIX UNAFFORDABLE, FRAUD-PLAGUED OBAMACARE

HYDE-SMITH APPEALS FOR LEGITIMATE COOPERATION TO FIX UNAFFORDABLE, FRAUD-PLAGUED OBAMACARE

Senate Fails to Advance Dueling Plans to Address Expiring Biden-era Affordable Care Act COVID Bonuses 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today appealed for legitimate and serious negotiations to help Americans afford healthcare insurance without continuing expensive COVID-era subsidies that prop up the fraud-plagued Affordable Care Act, otherwise known the ACA or Obamacare.

Hyde...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL TO OFFER VETERANS NON-OPIOID ALTERNATIVES

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL TO OFFER VETERANS NON-OPIOID ALTERNATIVES

Cosponsors ‘NOPAIN for Veterans Act’ to Provide Pain Management Treatments Already Offered to Medicare Enrollees

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Monday cosponsored legislation to direct the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to give veterans greater access to non-opioid alternatives.

The Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) for Veterans Act (S.3209) would expand access for...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER HONOR DELTA STATE CENTENNIAL WITH U.S. SENATE RESOLUTION

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER HONOR DELTA STATE CENTENNIAL WITH U.S. SENATE RESOLUTION

Miss. Senators Introduce Commemorative Resolution in Conjunction with University’s Celebration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced a Senate resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of Delta State University in conjunction with the launch of the school’s year-long centennial celebration next week.

The resolution (S.Res.489) remarks on...

Senate spending panel advances Labor-HHS-Education bill

CQ News

Senate spending panel advances Labor-HHS-Education bill

By Sandhya Raman, Mark Schoeff Jr. and Jacob Fulton, CQ

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved its fiscal 2026 spending bill, as amended, that would provide about $197 billion in discretionary funding for the...

OPINION: I saw mental illness up close. We can’t keep ignoring it

Washington Examiner

OPINION: I saw mental illness up close. We can’t keep ignoring it

Commentary by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb.

From my nearly three decades in the Air Force, I carry many memories of people and places, and all the lessons that come along with them. Closest to my heart, I hold a...

TRIBUTE TO DR. THOMAS E. DOBBS, III

TRIBUTE TO DR. THOMAS E. DOBBS, III

Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 125
(Senate - July 27, 2022) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise to express deep appreciation 
for Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, a friend and 
leader to all of the frontline healthcare workers in...

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 201
(Senate - November 18, 2021) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to 
hear the most anticipated abortion case in nearly 30 years when it 
considers Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in oral...

TRIBUTE TO DR. HEBER SIMMONS, JR.

TRIBUTE TO DR. HEBER SIMMONS, JR.

Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 98
(Senate - June 7, 2021) PDF

Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, the American Academy of 
Pediatric Dentists, AAPD, last month named Dr. Heber Simmons, Jr., of 
Jackson, MS, as its 2021 Pediatric Dentist of the Year. I commend...