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HYDE-SMITH HELPS REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN PALLIATIVE & HOSPICE CARE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week helped reintroduce bipartisan legislation to address growing concerns about a shortage of palliative and hospice caregivers as the nation’s population grows older.

The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (S.2243) would help ensure an adequate, appropriately trained workforce to provide pain and symptom management...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO ADVANCE THREE FY2024 FUNDING BILLS 

Senate Appropriations Committee Okays Bills that Reflect Funding Reductions Required in Debt Limit Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted to advance three FY2024 appropriations bills, each of which recommend lower discretionary funding levels than approved last year.

The committee on Thursday marked up the FY2024 Commerce, Justice, and Science...

MISS. LAWMAKERS SIGN BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF CHALLENGING CFPB FUNDING STRUCTURE

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Kelly, Guest & Ezell Ask SCOTUS to Uphold Lower Court Decision on Controversial Obama-era Agency

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) have signed an amicus brief that encourages the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Fifth Circuit decision that the...

HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE EXAMINE ‘SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM’ PROGRESS, OUTLOOK FOR REAUTHORIZATION

Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Research Program Set to Expire Sept. 30 Without Action

VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Examines Challenges for Rural Mississippians with Diabetes.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Witness on Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Meets JuJu Phillips, Mississippi’s Delegate to JDRF Children’s Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy...

HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES PUBLIC COMMENT ON YAZOO BACKWATER PLAN AS FEDS TAKE NEXT STEP FORWARD

Army Corps Publishes Notice of Intent to Prep Draft Environmental Impact Statement on New Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippians to review and comment on a proposed draft environmental impact statement (EIS) required to advance a new plan to bring flood control to the Yazoo Backwater Area.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accepting public...