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 She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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.
Homeland Preparedness News
Senate bill would improve SNS and strengthen supply chain of medical supplies
By Dave Kovaleski
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced a bill designed to improve the Strategic National Stockpile and strengthen the...
The Epoch Times
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Bolster Rural Healthcare Providers
By Masooma Haq
Bipartisan legislation will direct funding to rural hospitals and clinics, through the CARES act Provider Relief Fund, shoring up the cracks exposed by the pandemic.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R...
Northside Sun, Jackson
Planned Parenthood Received $80 Million From CARES Act Funds In Violation Of Law
By Steve Wilson
Most of the Mississippi congressional delegation joined 33 senators and 92 representatives in a letter demanding an investigation into how 37 Planned Parenthood affiliates...
WCBI-TV Columbus
Local law enforcement agencies awarded CARES Act money
By Joey Barnes
Lowndes and Lee County law enforcement were awarded $58,000 in CARES ACT money.
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith said the sheriff’s departments in both counties would receive a little more than $58,000.
At...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Mississippi Rural Health Centers to Receive $9.2 Million for COVID-19 Testing
By PRESS RELEASE
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provided $225 million to Rural Health Clinics...
Vicksburg Post
Flaggs believes city may avoid drastic action to balance budget
By John Surratt
Early revenue projections and potential state and federal assistance could mean Vicksburg’s financial picture may not be as bleak as initially thought, Mayor George Flaggs said Monday.
He discussed the...
The Northside Sun, Jackson
SMART Act Could Provide $500 Billion For Local Governments And Free Up Other Federal Funds For Relief
By Steve Wilson
A bill in the U.S. Senate could provide $500 billion in funds to state, local and tribal governments and remove restrictions on previously passed...
The Hill
Bipartisan Senate group offers new help to state, local governments
By Jordain Carney
A bipartisan group of senators are introducing a bill on Monday to provide hundreds of billions in new funding to state and local governments that have been hit hard by the spread of the coronavirus.
...
CQ Roll Call
State, local virus aid bill gains bipartisan momentum
By Paul M. Krawzak, CQ
New bipartisan legislation would provide $500 billion in aid to state and local governments, territories and tribes to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, with the smallest communities in line for a direct...
Y’all Politics
Mississippi Republican delegation votes against HEROES Act, Proxy Voting
By Frank Corder
The U.S. House of Representatives returned last week to debate two pieces of legislation, H. Res. 965 and H.R. 6800. H. Res. 965 is what Republicans have termed as the Proxy Voting Scheme 2.0...
