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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PUSH TO PRESERVE MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RURAL HOSPITALS

Bipartisan Senate Group Wants to Avoid September Expiration of Low Wage Index Hospital Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are part of a bipartisan effort to secure a four-year extension of a Medicare policy that allows rural hospitals to continue delivering quality care to their communities.    

The Mississippi Senators and 12 of their colleagues signed a...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT CRACK DOWN ON ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT ‘WOKE’ CORPORATIONS

Miss. Senators Cosponsor ‘Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced their support for legislation to prohibit the federal government from entering into contracts with entities that promote anti-Second Amendment policies.

The Mississippi Senators are original cosponsors of the Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination...

HYDE-SMITH CALLS OUT ‘MEATLESS’ TREND IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Says Don’t Sacrifice Student Nutrition on the Altar of Climate Activism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday called out school systems that are moving to remove meat from their federally-subsidized school lunch and breakfast programs.

Hyde-Smith delivered the remarks at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing titled, Farm Bill 2023:  Nutrition Programs.

“For years, popular...

A YEAR AFTER UKRAINE INVADED, HYDE-SMITH SAYS MORE U.S. ENERGY KEY TO GLOBAL STABILITY

Hearing Witness Says Biden Energy Policies, European Dependence on Russian Energy Emboldened Putin

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Looks at Lessons Learned a Year After Ukraine Invaded.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said global energy disruptions caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine should serve as a lesson that more U.S. oil and natural gas production is necessary...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN EFFORT TO STOP LATEST EPA EMISSIONS RULE ON HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced their support for legislation to overturn an excessive Biden administration regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 33 cosponsors of a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval (S.J.Res.11) introduced by U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) that would overturn a far...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Under Looming Debt Ceiling Fight, 23 Cosponsors Join Miss. Senator in Renewed Push to Amend the U.S. Constitution to Force Annual Balanced Federal Budgets, Fight Debt

 
VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Discusses Why the U.S. Needs a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a looming battle over the nation’s debt and borrowing authority, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) with 23 cosponsors has introduced...

HYDE-SMITH WORKING TO GET CATFISH PRODUCERS DISASTER ASSISTANCE WRITTEN INTO 2023 FARM BILL

Senator, USDA Officials Agree Existing Loss Relief Programs Must Change to Address Bird Depredation

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses ELAP Inadequacies at 2023 Farm Bill Hearing.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith’s Exchange with USDA Witnesses.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday received commitments from U.S. Department of Agriculture officials to work with her on...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION

Blames Biden for Dissatisfaction among Americans, Says Change of Course Needed to Restore Sense of Security Expected by Citizens

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on the State of the Union.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), in response to President Biden’s second State of the Union address, tonight said there are solid reasons why the American people are expressing dissatisfaction with their current situation—all of...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES CHALLENGE BIDEN WOTUS RULE 

Republican Senators Oppose Massive Government Overreach by Biden’s EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined all of their Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval.

S.J.Res.7 was introduced in response to a new WOTUS...

MISS. SENATORS JOIN CHALLENGE TO BIDEN RULE POLITICIZING AMERICANS’ 401(k)s 

Wicker, Hyde-Smith Seek to Overturn Rule that Encourages Retirement Investments Based on Biden’s Woke Ideological Preferences

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week moved to prevent the Biden administration from enforcing a rule that would encourage fiduciaries to support progressive environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) priorities over seeking...