Health Care

HYDE-SMITH TAKES HEART, ABORTION PILL FIGHT WILL GO ON DESPITE DISAPPOINTING SCOTUS RULING

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which challenged FDA deregulation of chemical abortion drugs.  The court ruled that the plaintiffs lacked legal grounds to file the case, but did not rule on...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO HELP FIGHT INFERTILITY

Proposes Putting Greater Focus on Using Existing Programs to Promote Restorative Reproductive Medicine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, will today introduce legislation to support genuine solutions to infertility and empower couples with autonomy over how they build their families.

The Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act would work...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES MEASURE TO STOP BIDEN’S RADICAL TITLE IX CHANGES

Resolution of Disapproval Seeks to Restore Title IX Rights Reserved for Women and Girls

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Announces Introduction of Resolution to Overturn Biden Title IX Rule.
WATCH:  News Conference Streaming on Facebook and X.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith with Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN LEGISLATION TO OVERTURN BIDEN NURSING HOME STAFFING MANDATES

New Staffing Requirements Would Harm Virtually All Mississippi Nursing Homes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have cosponsored bipartisan legislation to overturn a Biden administration nursing home staffing rule that sets unreasonable staffing mandates that would harm virtually all long-term care facilities in Mississippi.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are...

HYDE-SMITH BASHES DEMS’ DECEPTIVE ‘CONTRACEPTION’ SHOW VOTE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today bashed so-called “contraception” legislation proposed by Senate Democrats as a deceptive ploy that would, among other things, infringe on religious freedoms and parental rights.

Hyde-Smith opposed Democrat efforts to force a vote on its retread of the Right to Contraception Act (S.4381).  It is a futile, politically-motivated attempt...

HYDE-SMITH REQUESTS INFORMATION ON REPORTS THAT MIGRANTS MAY BE HOUSED IN MISS.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today asked a Biden administration official to provide her with information regarding reports that the federal government could issue a contract to house migrants at a closed casino hotel in Tunica County.

Hyde-Smith issued the request in a letter to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) official who administers the Office of Refugee...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATS DECEPTIVE BORDER VOTE

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Slams Sham Vote Intended to Deflect Attention Away from Biden, Democrats’ Border Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today issued the following statement in advance of a scheduled 1 p.m. (Central) vote on a flawed border bill that already failed in the Senate in February:

“No one should be fooled by Senator...

SENATE DESIGNATES MAY 18 AS 'KIDS TO PARKS DAY'

Hyde-Smith & Wyden Lead Resolution Designating Day to Promote Outdoor Recreation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate this week approved a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to promote healthy outdoor recreation by designating May 18, 2024, as National Kids to Parks Day and to encourage young people and their families to get outdoors.

The bipartisan Kids to Parks Resolution (S.Res.686) was...

HYDE-SMITH HELPS INTRODUCE ‘MOMS ACT’

Cosponsors Legislation Aimed at Building Culture of Life, Supporting Women & Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday helped introduce legislation to provide critical support to women during typically challenging phases of motherhood:  prenatal, postpartum, and early childhood development.

Introduced in advance of Mother’s Day by U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act...