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HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORED SENATE-PASSED RESOLUTION DEFENDING CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a resolution cosponsored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) that defends the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance and the principles of religious freedom on which it is based.

Introduced by Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.), S.Res.715 notes that Congress added the words “Under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 and...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH URGE TRADE REPRESENTATIVE TO END SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR FOREIGN RICE

Highly Subsidized Foreign Rice Imports Disadvantage Miss. Rice Producers 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are encouraging the Trump administration to level the playing field for American rice producers by reforming the nation’s largest and oldest trade preference program, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). 

The Mississippi Senators joined a...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $22.7 MILLION TO REPAIR STORM-DAMAGED FEDERAL ROADWAYS IN MISS. 

Funding Includes $8.0 Million Dedicated to Vicksburg National Military Park & Natchez Trace

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the award of more than $22.7 million in emergency relief funding to offset the costs for repairing and reconstructing federal roadways damaged by flooding and storms earlier this year.

Among...

ROSEN, HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCE JOBS BILL TO SUPPORT REENTERING MID-CAREER WORKERS, CLOSE GENDER & SKILLS GAP IN STEM
 
Legislation Would Engage Small, Mid-Sized Businesses to Provide Paid “Returnships” for Technical Professionals

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) today introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide grants for small and medium-sized STEM businesses to offer robust, paid, mid-career internships, known as “returnships,” for mid...

HYDE-SMITH APPLAUDS NEW RAPID COVID-19 TESTING CAPACITY AT ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

Miss. Senator Turned to the Pentagon for Rapid Testing After AFRH Residents Raised Concerns

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today thanked the Defense Logistics Agency for granting her request to expedite the delivery of equipment necessary for rapid COVID-19 testing at the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Gulfport.

Hyde-Smith sought the machinery and supplies from the...