Health Care

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO AUDIT CDC MASK GUIDANCE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

New Mask Guidance Reversal for Fully-Vaccinated Americans Spurs Rubio Bill Introduction

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing legislation requiring a federal review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) decision-making and messaging process.

Rubio introduced the Restore Public Health Institution Trust Act following...

MISS. DELEGATION, PRO-LIFE CAUCUS FILE AMICUS BRIEF URGING SUPREME COURT TO UPHOLD MISSISSIPPI PRO-LIFE LAW

More than 200 Senators, House Members Sign Brief, Say Supreme Court Should Let States Protect Life

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mississippi congressional delegation and the House Pro-Life Caucus today led more than 200 members of Congress in filing an amicus brief supporting the State of Mississippi in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and urging the U.S. Supreme Court to Court to...

HYDE-SMITH, DAINES & COLLEAGUES PRESSURE HHS TO WITHDRAW PROPOSED OBAMACARE ABORTION RULE 

Biden Administration Attempting to Revert to Obamacare Rule that Violates the Law, Increases Taxpayer-Funded Abortion 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Led by U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), 26 U.S. Senators today issued a public comment letter opposing the Biden administration’s attempt to ignore congressional intent and the unequivocal legal requirements regarding abortion...

HYDE-SMITH:  UMMC AWARDED PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE RESEARCH GRANT

$663,080 Will Allow Continued Research as Miss. Overdose Deaths Rose in 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $663,080 grant to allow the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to continue research on deterrents to prescription opioid abuse.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, said last...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR CRIME VICTIMS FUND FIX

Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to Replenish Key Victims of Crime Act Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for legislation to shore up funding for the Crime Victims Fund, a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant program that supports state-level programs that help crime victims.

The Senate voted unanimously to approve the bipartisan VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 (HR.1652/S.611), a measure...

WAPT-TV Jackson

Mississippi senator wants CDC to form new Office of Rural Health
 
By Troy Johnson

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has called on the CDC to form an Office of Rural Health.

Hyde-Smith said millions of Americans, including Mississippians, were disproportionately hit during the pandemic due to a lack of health care resources.

"I believe establishing a new office of rural health within the Center for Disease Control would be an important way to support rural...