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HYDE-SMITH REGISTERS OPPOSITION TO NLRB MOVE TO RECLASSIFY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

Signs Amicus Brief Against Backdoor Effort to Implement Failed PRO Act Provisions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she is among a dozen Senators voicing opposition to a backdoor effort by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to use regulatory changes to reclassify millions of independent contractors as employees.

Hyde-Smith signed an amicus brief to the NLRB...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH TAKE UP FIGHT TO STOP BIDEN-OBAMA WOTUS RULE
 
Senate Republicans Unite to Call for Halt to EPA/USACE Rulemaking until Supreme Court Decision 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), as part of a united Senate Republican Conference, are urging two federal agencies to suspend a pending rulemaking the jurisdictional definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), until the U.S. Supreme Court completes consideration of a case...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS ADMINISTRATION ‘SLOW WALKING’ OFFSHORE ENERGY, IMPERILING PRODUCTION OUTLOOK

‘I Have Never Seen Such Slow Walking in My Life, to the Detriment of My State of Mississippi,’ Miss. Senator Declares

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Nominee on Biden Energy Policies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today accused the Biden administration of continuing to slow walk the permitting and lease sales for offshore energy production, to the detriment of...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES FDA APPROVAL OF FIRST GENERIC OF RESTASIS

Miss. Senator Long Critical of Company behind Skyrocketing Cost of Prescription Eye-Drop Medication

WATCH IT AGAIN:  In 2020, Hyde-Smith Cited Hard-hit Mississippians to Push for Prescription Drug Pricing Relief

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...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS USPS ANSWERS ON DELIVERY DELAYS TO THE BLIND & PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

Miss. Senator Part of Bipartisan Push for Independent Investigation into USPS Delivery of Free Materials for the Blind & Physically Handicapped

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Persistent delays in delivering critical mail for the blind and physically handicapped have prompted U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues to request an investigation of U.S. Postal Service compliance with a federally-funded free...