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HYDE-SMITH SEEKS JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASING IRS BUDGET

Senate Subcommittee Weighs IRS Budget Requests for FY2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said funding increases sought by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must be met with “fiscally-responsible decision making” for the agency to overcome persistent backlogs and deficient customer service.

Hyde-Smith, ranking member of the Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee...

HYDE-SMITH HELPS ADVANCE BILL BENEFITING MISS. HERITAGE AREAS

Energy & Natural Resources Committee Approves Measure Extending Authorization and Funding for National Heritage Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported committee passage of legislation to improve the process for establishing and running National Heritage Areas (NHAs), including extending authorization and funding for sites in Mississippi and across the nation.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate...

HYDE-SMITH WANTS BIDEN’S ‘DISINFORMATION’ BOARD DEFUNDED

Miss. Senator Cosponsors Bill to Stop all Funding for Homeland Security Censorship Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped introduce legislation to prohibit the use of any taxpayer funding for the Biden administration’s new Disinformation Governance Board at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, is an original...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO WELCOME DISTRIBUTION OF $36.7 MILLION IN GOMESA FUNDS TO MISS.

Off-shore Energy Production in FY2021 Generates Revenue for State, Three Coastal Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today welcomed the distribution of more than $36.7 million to the State of Mississippi and its three coastal counties for coastal conservation, restoration, and hazard mitigation...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH QUESTION PENTAGON ABOUT COVID VACCINE MILITARY DISCHARGES 

Miss. Senators, Colleagues Seek Details on Pentagon Handling of Servicemembers who Decline Vaccines 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are asking Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to provide information on the number and nature of military discharges for not receiving a COVID vaccine.  

The Mississippi lawmakers are among 14 Senators who signed a detailed letter to...