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HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO RENEW FEDERAL WATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

As Appropriator, Senator Has Role in Funding Programs Benefitting Miss. Communities 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for Senate passage of legislation to reauthorize a series of federal water and wastewater infrastructure programs that benefit Mississippi communities.

The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S.914) passed on an 89-2 vote.  The bill renews...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON BIDEN ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS 

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who tonight attended President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress, issued the following statement regarding the speech:

“I first want to thank Mississippians and Americans across the nation for helping to overcome the pandemic.  We can enjoy a growing sense of well-earned optimism as we get back to work, back to...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES AIM TO RESTORE 18-YEAR-OLDS’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PURCHASE HANDGUNS

Miss. Senator is a Primary Cosponsor of the ‘Second Amendment Mandates Equality (SAME) Act of 2021’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in introducing legislation to reinstate the right of adults between the ages of 18 and 20 to purchase a handgun from a federally licensed dealer.  

The Second Amendment Mandates Equality (SAME) Act...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES DEMAND BIDEN ADMIT BORDER CRISIS, CHANGE COURSE TO HUMANELY SECURE BORDER

“What We Saw was Shocking, and a Crisis by Any Standard,” Report Senators Who Traveled to Southern Border Tour 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues, who travelled to South Texas recently, today reported their findings in a letter to President Biden and strongly encouraged a “dramatic change of course to humanely secure the border.”

Hyde-Smith, who serves on...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS THE WOMAN’S RIGHT TO KNOW ACT 

Measure Sets Reasonable Medical Requirements for Physicians before Performing an Abortion

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined in introducing legislation to protect the health of pregnant women and unborn children by providing adequate medical information for informed consent before abortions.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Woman’s Right to Know Act (S.1325), which was introduced by...