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HYDE-SMITH ADVOCATES WORKING QUORUM FOR FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Senate Rules & Administration Committee Considers FEC Nominee Held Up Since 2017

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Advocates Confirmation to Give FEC Working Quorum

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith today advocated for confirmation of a nominee to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in order to give the agency the working quorum it has lacked since August 2019.

Hyde-Smith addressed the need for a working quorum at the FEC...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON VOTE FOR CORONAVIRUS FUNDING BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement after her vote to send President Trump the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act:

“The overwhelming vote for this package indicates strong support for a government-wide response to the coronavirus situation, meaning we must have federal, state, and local coordination and cooperation.”

The package, passed on a...

HYDE-SMITH THANKS EDUCATION SEC. FOR MAINTAINING RURAL, LOW-INCOME SCHOOLS FUNDING

Senator Had Raised Concerns about Eligibility Changes Affecting Miss. Schools 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In addition to highlighting educational achievements in Mississippi, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today thanked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for stepping back from reforms that could have reduced eligibility and funding for rural, high poverty school districts.

Hyde-Smith was among 21 Senators who...

MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE $122.6 MILLION ARMY CONTRACT FOR HELICOPTER PRODUCTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $122.6 million U.S. Army contract for the procurement of 15 UH-72 Lakota Light Utility Helicopters, which will be manufactured in Columbus.

The Army awarded the contract to Airbus Helicopters, Inc., with an initial obligation of $61.3 million with the Tuesday contract notice.  All work will be...

HYDE-SMITH GETS INTERIOR SEC. COMMITMENT TO FIX VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK DAMAGES

“We Have a Big Interest in Making This Right, Too,” Secretary Bernhardt Tells Hyde-Smith

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Receives Commitment on Vicksburg National Military Cemetery Damages

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received a personal commitment from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt that the U.S. Department of the Interior is “100 percent there” to undertake urgent repairs to...

HYDE-SMITH WORKED TO INCLUDE TELEHEALTH PROVISION IN CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY FUNDING PACKAGE

Senate & House Appropriators Reach Agreement on Resources to Contain, Treat COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said the emergency funding package negotiated by congressional appropriators to combat the coronavirus includes a provision to ensure treatment options through telehealth technologies.

Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Telehealth Working Group, worked to...

HYDE-SMITH CONCERNED WITH DECISION TO LIFT BRAZILIAN BEEF BAN 

Hyde-Smith and 14 Other Senators Question Ability of Brazil to Meet U.S. Food Safety Standards Consistently

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among a bipartisan group of Senators who are suggesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture may need a complete verification process before lifting a ban on Brazilian raw beef imports.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, signed a letter to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE $5.39 MILLION GRANT TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN HATTIESBURG RAIL CROSSINGS 

USDOT Supports Major Infrastructure Project to Reduce Wait Times, Enhance Safety 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), today announced the award of a $5,397,300 federal grant to the City of Hattiesburg to construct a new downtown route along Hall Avenue that would include a bridge over the Canadian...

HYDE-SMITH ADDRESSES RURAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS DURING HHS BUDGET REVIEW 

Asks Sec. Azar for Details on Budget Request to Improve Access, Aid Troubled Rural Hospitals

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Addresses Rural Health Care Needs in FY2021 HHS Budget Hearing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reaffirmed her commitment to work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve rural health care and support financially-troubled rural hospitals.

Hyde-Smith...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO PROTECT & DEFEND THE UNBORN

Miss. Senator Cosponsored Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today voted to proceed with two bills that would protect and defend the lives of unborn children, including those who survive abortion procedures.

Hyde-Smith voted with a majority of her fellow Senators to allow debate and passage of...