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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.

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES AWARD OF $24.8 MILLION FOR SAFE ROOM CONSTRUCTION IN MISS.

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES AWARD OF $24.8 MILLION FOR SAFE ROOM CONSTRUCTION IN MISS.

FEMA Grants Will Advance Safe Room Facilities in Lincoln, Webster & Tate Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of more than $24.8 million to advance safe room projects in Mississippi toward construction, including a large multi-use facility at Copiah-Lincoln (Co-Lin) Community College.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced grants for phase II...

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Senate Passes Bill to Extend Medicare Telehealth Access Until 2027

Home Care Magazine

Senate Passes Bill to Extend Medicare Telehealth Access Until 2027

U.S. Senate passed the CONNECT for Health Act which extends Medicare telehealth access through 2027

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

WASHINGTON—The United States Senate passed a bipartisan funding bill that included a...

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NIH says it will stop funding research using human fetal tissue

Washington Post

NIH says it will stop funding research using human fetal tissue

The decision reflects conservative, antiabortion policy goals.

By Carolyn Y. Johnson

The National Institutes of Health, the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, announced Thursday that it would...

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Pregnant Students’ Rights Act introduced in Senate

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Pregnant Students’ Rights Act introduced in Senate
 
By Daily Leader Staff

Senate Pro-Life Caucus Chair Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday signed as an original cosponsor of pro-life legislation to support pregnant college students by requiring colleges and universities...

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Lawmakers introduce bipartisan rural broadband access bill

Ag Daily

Lawmakers introduce bipartisan rural broadband access bill

By AG DAILY Reporters 

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to extend federal support for broadband infrastructure aimed at improving internet access in rural America.

U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Elissa...

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