Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered healthcare reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care. She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.
Senator Hyde-Smith appreciates the role of the state’s universities to support federal research on better prevention and treatment efforts on chronic diseases, like diabetes, that affect Mississippians disproportionally.
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO STOP DEMS’ ABORTION ON DEMAND ‘TIL BIRTH BILL
Senate Democrats Fail on Vote to Federalize Roe v. Wade, Strike All State Pro-Life Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to stop Senate Democrats from advancing a House-passed abortion bill that would have effectively codified Roe v. Wade and struck down pro-life laws...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST WELCOME $32.7 MILLION AWARD FOR MISS. BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
NTIA Awards Grant to 10 Projects Serving 12,487 Households in Mississippi
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today praised the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) award of $32.7 million to expand broadband infrastructure in Mississippi.
The grant, sought by the State of Mississippi...
HYDE-SMITH, LATTA LEAD CALL FOR FDA TO IMMEDIATELY RESTORE OVERSIGHT OF CHEMICAL ABORTION PILLS
126 Senators, House Members Warn of Health Threats to Women, Point to Studies Affirming Increased Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Congressman Bob Latta (R-Ohio), with 124 colleagues from the Senate and House of Representatives, today demanded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) immediately restore more stringent oversight of chemical abortion pills...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘CRACK ACT’ TO STOP BIDEN TAXPAYER-FUNDED DRUG KIT SCHEME
Measure Would Prohibit HHS Distribution of Crack Pipes, Similar Drug Paraphernalia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to ensure the federal government will not engage in the distribution of crack pipes or similar drug paraphernalia either directly or indirectly.
The Cutting Rampant Access to Crack Kits (CRACK) Act (S.3632) would amend Section 2706 of the...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL FOR UNMASKING OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Miss. Senators Cosponsor Resolution to Require End to Nationwide Mask Mandate for Head Start Students
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined in introducing a resolution to nullify a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule (IFR) that requires all staff and volunteers in Head Start educational facilities around the country to be fully vaccinated...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN EFFORT TO REOPEN U.S. CAPITOL & SENATE BUILDINGS TO VISITORS
Senators Cosponsor Resolution Saying Restricted Access ‘Illogical & Unacceptable’ as the Nation Reopens from COVID Constraints
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored a resolution supporting the reopening of the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Senate buildings, which were closed to the public in March 2020 amid COVID-19 fears.
The Mississippi lawmakers...
WIBW-TV Topeka, Kan.
Senators urge repeal of new organ donation policy found to discriminate against those in Midwest, South
By Sarah Motter
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Senator Jerry Moran has urged the Department of Health and Human Services to repeal a new organ donation policy, which has been found...
Delta Business Journal
Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps
By Becky Gillette
There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES FDA APPROVAL OF FIRST GENERIC OF RESTASIS
Miss. Senator Long Critical of Company behind Skyrocketing Cost of Prescription Eye-Drop Medication
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a generic alternative to the eye-drop prescription drug Restasis, a decision she has long...
MISS. DELEGATION RAISES QUESTIONS CONCERNING DATABASES OF RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR COVID-19 VACCINES
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Michael Guest (R-Miss.), U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) and Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) late Wednesday sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget concerning reports that the Biden Administration plans to create databases of federal employees who have requested...
