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 & PFLUGER LEAD BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF IN CHALLENGE TO FDA CHEMICAL ABORTION REGIMEN

HYDE-SMITH & PFLUGER LEAD BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF IN CHALLENGE TO FDA CHEMICAL ABORTION REGIMEN

67 Lawmakers Sign Brief that Spotlights Risks to Women, Girls in FDA Disregard of the Law 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas-11) today led 13 Senators and 54 Representatives in signing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs.

The...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN FIGHT AGAINST VA-FUNDED ABORTIONS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN FIGHT AGAINST VA-FUNDED ABORTIONS

Miss. Senators Join Bicameral Effort to Overturn Illegal Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) joined more than 65 colleagues in introducing a bicameral joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify an illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA health care system. 

The CRA...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES WOMEN’S BILL OF RIGHTS

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES WOMEN’S BILL OF RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced a resolution to establish a Women’s Bill of Rights to affirm legal protections afforded to women under federal law.

Hyde-Smith’s resolution and a companion measure introduced Thursday by U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) asserts that a women’s bill of rights is warranted given “recent misguided rulings relating to the definition of ‘sex’ have led to the...

Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era

Roll Call 

Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era

The state, 34th in population, nonetheless received more than $50 million worth of health-focused earmarks in 2022

By Lauren Clason

Mississippi, the country’s poorest state and its second unhealthiest, was one of the top...

Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

DeSoto County News

Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

October 14, 2022  Bob Bakken 
 
Lawmakers seek commitment to finish probe into schemes linked to high prescription drug costs

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is part of a bipartisan effort to ensure the...