Health Care

HYDE-SMITH, LANKFORD LEAD EFFORT TO OVERTURN HHS ABORTION RULE 

Congressional Review Act Directed at Stopping Biden Revival of Obamacare Rule that Violates the Law, Increases Taxpayer-Funded Abortion 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to stop a Biden administration regulation allowing combined payments for abortion coverage in taxpayer-funded Affordable Care Act...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES CALL FOR BAN ON GOVERNMENT DATABASES FOR RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced their support for legislation to prohibit federal agencies from sharing, disclosing or disseminating information concerning a religious accommodation request by a federal employee beyond the minimum necessary to process the request.

The Prohibiting Religious Exemption and Accommodations Databases...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES FILE AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING WORKERS DENIED RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FROM COVID VACCINE MANDATES

Senators Support a Full Supreme Court Review of Case Regarding Protecting Constitutional Religious Liberties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined 10 colleagues in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of protecting religious liberties in a case challenging the lack of religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES MOVE TO STOP FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS

Miss. Senators Join Resolution to Overturn Biden Administration Final Rule on Title X 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined 29 Republican colleagues in a Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to overturn the Biden administration’s 2021 Final Rule on the Title X Family Planning Program, which permits abortion providers like Planned Parenthood to receive...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD $1.49 MILLION GRANT FOR VIRTUAL REALITY JOB TRAINING INITIATIVE

Appalachian Regional Commission Grant to MSU Will Benefit Youth in Five East Mississippi Counties 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded the award of a $1.49 million grant for Mississippi State University (MSU) to broaden virtual reality workforce training in five East Mississippi counties.

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded...

UPDATE: SENATE APPROVES BILL COSPONSORED BY HYDE-SMITH TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is pleased to announce unanimous Senate approval of S.623, the Sunshine Protection Act.  Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of this legislation to make Daylight Saving Time the new, permanent standard time. 

The Senate-passed bill, which still requires House passage and the President’s signature, would delay implementation until Nov. 20, 2023...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO HELP THOSE HURT BY COVID-19 VACCINES

Measure Would Fix Federal Compensation Program that Hasn’t Approved a Single COVID Compensation Claim

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing legislation to help individuals who have suffered adverse reactions from the COVID-19 vaccines.

The Countermeasure Injury Compensation Amendment Act (S.3810) would amend the federal statute that authorized the...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO COMPLETE FY2022 APPROPRIATIONS CYCLE

Blames Nearly Six-Month Delay on Biden & Far-Left Dems Insistence on Cutting National Security Budget and Adding Progressive Poison Pill Riders

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted for a measure to increase national security funding and support federal programs through the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022, in addition to making important investments in...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO END COVID NATIONAL STATE OF EMERGENCY

Miss. Senator Says Most Americans Believe It’s Time to Continue Their Lives as Normally as Possible

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to end the national emergency declared on March 13, 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

The Senate voted 48-47 to pass S.J.Res.38, a measure based on a provision within the National Emergencies Act (NEA) that allows Congress to pass a...