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HYDE-SMITH AGAIN JUMPS AT CHANCE TO END ‘SPRING FORWARD’ ‘FALL BACK’ RIGMAROLE

Cosponsors Senator Rubio’s New ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the nation prepares to change their clocks next weekend, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week again threw her support behind the effort to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the United States.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 (S...

HYDE-SMITH TEAMS WITH TUBERVILLE IN FIGHT TO SAVE TITLE IX, WOMEN’S SPORTS

Push to Stop Biden Rule Forcing Schools to Allow Biological Males to Compete in Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined with U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) in resuming the fight to protect women’s sports by stopping a Biden administration rule that would force schools and universities to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports.

The Protection of Women and...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS EFFORT TO PROTECT PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTERS

Cosponsors Measure to Help Secure Pregnancy Centers Amid Uptick in Violence

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she cosponsored legislation to enhance security for pro-life pregnancy centers and to protect staff and patients from potential violence and extremism.

The Pregnancy Center Security Act (S.565) would create a grant program for pregnancy-help organizations to implement security...

HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES CONSERVATION, FORESTRY IMPROVEMENTS IN NEW FARM BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today advocated for a more streamlined application process to encourage more agricultural producers to enroll in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs.

Hyde-Smith participated in another Senate Agriculture Committee hearing related to crafting a 2023 Farm Bill.  Terry Crosby, a Tallahatchie County native and chief of the Natural Resources...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘ESCAPE ACT’ TO MEET NATO ALLIES ENERGY NEEDS

Barrasso-authored Measure Focused on Breaking NATO Member Dependence on Russian Sources

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday cosponsored legislation to boost energy security among North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members while reducing their dependence on Russian energy.

Hyde-Smith is one of 28 cosponsors of the Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe (ESCAPE) Act...

HYDE-SMITH TESTIFIES AGAINST UNCONSTITUTIONAL ERA REVIVAL EFFORT

Miss. Senator Warns of Equal Rights Amendment Harm to Women, the Unborn, and Constitutional Amendment Process

 
VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Warns of Consequences of Revived Expired ERA.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith’s Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today testified against the latest effort to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into the U.S...

HYDE-SMITH, KENNEDY INTRODUCE BILL TO CREATE SPECIAL IG TO OVERSEE AMERICAN TAXPAYER AID TO UKRAINE

Bipartisan Measure Seeks Accounting for U.S. Security, Humanitarian & Economic Assistance

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) in introducing legislation to establish a Special Inspector General (IG) for Ukraine.

The Independent and Objective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act would give the Special IG authority to oversee...

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, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE ‘STOP TAXPAYER FUNDING OF HAMAS ACT’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) in reintroducing the Stop Taxpayer Funding of Hamas Act (S.489) to ensure no American taxpayer dollars will be authorized to the territory of Gaza until the President certifies to Congress that these funds can be spent without benefitting terrorist organizations.

The legislation was introduced...