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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES URGE ADMINISTRATION TO END PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HARM SMALLER METROPOLITAN AREAS

Miss. Senators Warn of Negative Impact from Proposed Status Change to Hattiesburg

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among a bipartisan group of 25 Senators who sent a letter that encourages Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Rob Fairweather to abandon plans to change the current definition of a Metropolitan...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CHINA’S CRACKDOWN ON HONG KONG

Measure Calls for Imposing Sanctions, Releasing Political Prisoners, Reconsideration of U.S. Agreements with China

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored a resolution condemning the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party for the harsh and ongoing anti-democratic crackdown in Hong Kong.

Introduced by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), S.Res.126 recommends U.S. government...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS PAIR OF GUN BILLS

Second Amendment Measures Would Create Firearms Safety Tax Credits, Drop Prohibition-Era Regulations on Short-Barreled Rifles

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is cosponsoring a pair of Second Amendment-related bills to promote firearm safety through tax credits and to remove Prohibition-era regulations on short-barreled rifles.

Hyde-Smith on Wednesday joined Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) to introduce the Firearms Safety Act...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR LEGISLATION TO HONOR EMMETT TILL’S LEGACY 

Miss. Senators Sponsor Bill to Establish Till’s Funeral Location as a National Historic Site

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday joined Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth to introduce legislation that would establish Chicago’s Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the site of Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955, as a national historic site. 

“I am pleased to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES:  BIDEN ESCALATING BORDER CRISIS BY UNLAWFULLY FREEZING WALL FUNDING

Forty Senators Seek GAO Ruling on Infringement of Congress’ Constitutional Power of the Purse

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid the rapidly escalating crisis along the southern border, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined Republican colleagues to challenge President Biden’s suspension of border wall funding and construction without lawful justification.

Wicker...