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HYDE-SMITH SAYS ‘EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER OFF’ AS ARMY CORPS COMMITS TO BUILDING YAZOO BACKWATER AREA PUMPS
 
 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Reviews Yazoo Pump Outlook with Army Corps Officials.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today asserted “everything will be better off” as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials provided her with commitments that the Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project is moving forward.

Hyde-Smith addressed the outlook for the...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE SMALLER STATES’ STAKE IN NIH RESEARCH

Bill Would Reauthorize Program, Broaden Geographical Scope of NIH Research Awards

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to reauthorize and strengthen a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program to improve U.S. biomedical research capacity by distributing funding more broadly around the country.

The IDeA Reauthorization Act (S.2005) would amend the existing NIH...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH DEMAND AN END TO BIDEN-ERA FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS

Miss. Senators Join Colleagues in Warning FEMA of Fallout for Homeowners, Communities Without Action

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined colleagues in demanding the Federal Emergency Management Agency end Risk Rating 2.0, the Biden-era flood insurance policy that has caused premiums to skyrocket and thousands of homeowners to abandon their policies.

Wicker and...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE JUNE AS ‘LIFE MONTH’

Pro-Life Caucus Chair Highlights Mississippi’s Central Role in Historic Supreme Court Decision

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, this week joined in introducing a resolution designating June as “Life Month” to honor the June 2022 Supreme Court decision that ended nearly 50 years of federal abortion protections.

S.J.Res.56, introduced by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)...

HYDE-SMITH RE-UPS SUPPORT FOR BILL TO COMBAT OBESITY EPIDEMIC

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has renewed her support for legislation to prevent diseases associated with obesity through expanded coverage of new health care specialists and chronic weight management medications for Medicare recipients.

Hyde-Smith has again cosponsored the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA), which was reintroduced by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) on Thursday.  Hyde-Smith, who...