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HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS UNBORN CHILD SUPPORT ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation that would give mothers the ability to receive child support payments while they are pregnant.

The Unborn Child Support Act would allow a court, in consultation with the mother, to award child support payments while the child is still in the womb and retroactively up to the point of conception as determined by a physician.

“I hope good legislation, like the...

HYDE-SMITH WARY OF BIDEN OFFSHORE PLAN AS INTERIOR SEC. WON’T COMMIT TO FUTURE LEASE SALES

Senator Seeks Details on Interior’s 2023-28 Draft Proposed Leasing Program at Appropriations Hearing

VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Interior Secretary on Future OCS Leases.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today remained wary of the proposed five-year offshore leasing program offered by the Biden administration after Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland wouldn’t rule out...

MISS. DELEGATION MEMBERS OFFER RESOLUTION CELEBRATING OLE MISS BASEBALL’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today announced a resolution celebrating the University of Mississippi’s baseball team for their victory in the Division I college baseball championship.

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, and Shaheen, who is an Ole Miss...

HYDE-SMITH ISSUES INDEPENDENCE DAY STATEMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement in advance of Mississippians joining their fellow Americans in celebrating the nation’s 246th birthday:

“As Americans gather to celebrate Independence Day, it cannot be ignored that our nation faces many challenges. 

“Our struggling economy and sharp political climate certainly takes its toll on all of us, but I know that Mississippians are not deterred...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & GUEST OPPOSE CREATION OF UNOFFICIAL U.S. CONSULATE TO THE PALESTINIANS IN JERUSALEM

Miss. Lawmakers Sign Bicameral Statement to Biden Administration Seeking Reversal of Plan 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representative Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today signed a bicameral joint statement calling on the Biden administration to reverse course on its plan to erode the full and faithful implementation of the...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON SCOTUS DECISION OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE WITH MISSISSIPPI’S DOBBS CASE

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Dobbs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a staunch pro-life advocate, today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ends the nearly half-century right to an abortion established in Roe v. Wade:

“Roe v. Wade has been a...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS TITLE IX RIGHTS FOR GIRLS THREATENED BY BIDEN ‘WOKE’ AGENDA

On 50th Anniversary of Title IX, Miss. Senator Says Transgender Focus Threatens Historic Advances by Women, Girls in Sports

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Defends Title IX at News Conference.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith with Senators Tommy Tuberville (Ala.), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), and Roger Marshall, M.D. (Kan.).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS STOP SUPREME COURT LEAKERS ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to introduce legislation that would criminalize individuals who leak confidential information from the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act would impose a $10,000 fine and up to a 10-year prison sentence on those who leak confidential information from the Supreme Court....

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES COMBAT ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT WOKE CORPORATIONS

Senators Offer Bill to Terminate Federal Government Contracts with Institutions Discriminating Against Firearm Businesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped introduce legislation to stop the federal government from entering into contracts with entities that promote anti-Second Amendment policies.

The Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination (FIND) Act, authored by U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES PROMOTE TAX CREDIT FOR INVESTMENTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

Miss. Senators Introduce Legislation to Boost Economic Development in Rural, Minority & Low-Income Communities 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducing legislation to promote economic development in rural, minority, and low-income communities.

The Community Development...