Health Care

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE ADVANCE ‘WHOLE MILK FOR HEALTHY KIDS ACT’

Senate Ag Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Expand Healthy Milk Options in Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to approve bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to allow schools to again serve whole and reduced-fat milk as part of the National School Lunch Program.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, which voted to advance the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.222...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR RESCINDING BIDEN-ERA ABORTION GUIDANCE

CMS Cancels Biden Effort to Twist the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act into an Abortion Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s action to rescind a Biden-era guidance that attempted to establish an abortion mandate within the Emergency Medical Treatment and...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON MAHA COMMISSION REPORT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asserted she and farmers across the country had every right to be concerned about the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report issued on Thursday by Health and Humans Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  

At a hearing this week, Hyde-Smith confronted Kennedy about concerns the MAHA initial report would mischaracterize important crop protection tools that have...

HYDE-SMITH SUGGESTS RESTORING FDA ABORTION DRUG SAFETY MEASURES IN LIGHT OF NEW DATA

At Hearing, Miss. Senator Says Higher Rates of Adverse Mifepristone Reactions Merit Serious FDA Review

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Suggests FDA Should Restore Stronger Safety Requirements for Abortion Drug.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, is suggesting that new data should prompt the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin restoring abandoned...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH INFERTILITY 

Legislation Promotes Restorative Reproductive Medicine Through Existing Federal Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today reintroduced legislation to provide couples with more personalized and effective infertility treatment to help them choose how and when to grow their families.

The Reproductive Empowerment and Support through...

SENATORS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH

Hyde-Smith, Kaine, Hawley & Gillibrand Tout ‘Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today introduced new, bipartisan legislation to insulate expecting parents from the high cost of pregnancy and childbirth by eliminating insurance cost-share fees on services related to...

HYDE-SMITH WARNS AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTION IN PENDING MAHA REPORT

HHS Sec. Dismisses Miss. Senator’s Concerns that MAHA Report Will Ignore Decades of Sound Science, Undermine Confidence in American Food Supply with False Claims

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Confronts HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on a MAHA Report Due Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of an expected Thursday release of an initial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report, U.S. Senator Cindy...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO RESTORE EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES AT RURAL HOSPITALS

‘Rural Health Sustainability Act’ Would Make More At-Risk or Closed Rural Hospitals Eligible for CMS Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to give more at-risk or closed rural hospitals an opportunity to reestablish or maintain emergency outpatient hospital services.

The Rural Health Sustainability Act (S1800), which Hyde-Smith introduced initially...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO COMBAT SCREWWORM OUTBREAK

The STOP Screwworms Act would Boost Capacity to Stop Parasite from Reaching U.S. Livestock & Wildlife  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) this week cosponsored bipartisan legislation to step up American efforts to ensure a resurgent infestation of the New World screwworm (NWS) does not reach the United States where the impacts to animal health and agriculture could be devastating.

The introduction of the Strengthening...

HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY LEAD BILL TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SHORTAGES

Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation Would Create Loan Program to Increase Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to introduce a bill to help increase access to care for mental health and substance use disorders as the nation grapples with a lack of treatment facilities.

The Mental Health Infrastructure...