Health Care

SENATE DESIGNATES MAY 16 AS NATIONAL KIDS TO PARKS DAY

Hyde-Smith, Wyden Lead Bipartisan Resolution Encouraging Families to Explore America’s Parks & Public Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate has approved a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that designates, Saturday, May 16, as National Kids to Park Day to encourage children and families across the country to spend more time outdoors. 

The Kids to Parks Resolution (S.Res.734)...

HYDE-SMITH, PRO-LIFE COLLEAGUES FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING SCOTUS TO PROTECT WOMEN & BABIES FROM DANGEROUS ABORTION DRUGS

Senate, House Lawmakers Support Louisiana Case on In-person Dispensing Requirement for Chemical Abortion Drugs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, is among 27 pro-life Senators who have signed a congressional amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the state of Louisiana in its lawsuit seeking to reinstate...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND RURAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM

Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Provides Lifeline to Rural Communities, Including Six in Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted bipartisan legislation she’s joined to extend a federal health program that provides a financial lifeline to rural hospitals, including six participating facilities in Mississippi.

The Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization...

HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RURAL VA CLINICS

At Budget Hearing, VA Sec. Also Confirms Department Will Not Revive Controversial VA Disability Rating Proposal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make a priority to direct some of its record investment in capital improvements to rural VA clinics.

The FY2027 budget request was the focus of a Senate Military Construction and Veterans...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO REAUTHORIZE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH STAMP

Measure Reauthorizes Effort to Boost NIH & Defense Dept. Breast Cancer Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among the lead cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Breast Cancer Research Stamp, a semi-postal stamp sold by the U.S. Postal Service with proceeds allocated toward breast cancer research.

The Breast Cancer Stamp Reauthorization Act (S.4318) would extend the sales of the...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES AG SEC. ENDORSEMENT OF HER ‘BUYING AMERICAN COTTON ACT’

“I Think This is a Gamechanger” for U.S. Cotton, Brooke Rollins Tells Hyde-Smith

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith and Ag Secretary Rollins Discuss the Buying American Cotton Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed and highlighted Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ endorsement of her Buying American Cotton Act (BACA), a policy bill to rebuild a sustainable market for U.S.-grown...

HYDE-SMITH, HHS SEC. AGREE MEDICARE FIX NEEDED TO HELP RURAL HOSPITALS

At Budget Hearing, Miss. Senator Cites Hattiesburg Hospital to Demonstrate Harm Caused by Wage Reimbursement Formula

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Seeks Administration Cooperation to Help Rural Hospitals.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr., today agreed that it will take both Congress and the administration to fix a Medicare...