HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR RESCINDING BIDEN-ERA ABORTION GUIDANCE

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR RESCINDING BIDEN-ERA ABORTION GUIDANCE

CMS Cancels Biden Effort to Twist the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act into an Abortion Mandate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s action to rescind a Biden-era guidance that attempted to establish an abortion mandate within the Emergency Medical Treatment and...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE FAMILY FARMS FROM THE FEDERAL ‘DEATH TAX’

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE FAMILY FARMS FROM THE FEDERAL ‘DEATH TAX’

The ‘HERITAGE Act’ Updates IRS Valuation Limits to Allow More Families to Keep Their Farms After a Family Death

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the HERITAGE Act, legislation to ensure family farms and ranches can survive by helping heirs avoid having to sell productive farmland to pay federal estate or “death” taxes. 

Hyde-Smith’s Helping Ensure Rural Inheritance Transfers...

HYDE-SMITH BILL AIMS TO INCREASE THE USE OF U.S. COTTON WITH NEW TAX CREDIT

HYDE-SMITH BILL AIMS TO INCREASE THE USE OF U.S. COTTON WITH NEW TAX CREDIT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her introduction of legislation to create a tax credit that incentivizes the consumption of more products made with U.S.-grown cotton.

The Buying American Cotton Act (S.1919) would authorize transferable tax credits on the sale of cotton products, including but not limited to apparel, home textiles, and nonwovens that are either fully...

MISS. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS TRUMP FOR APPROVING FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

MISS. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS TRUMP FOR APPROVING FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today applauded President Trump for approving Mississippi’s request for a major disaster declaration following deadly severe weather and tornadoes that struck the state on March 14...

HYDE-SMITH SUGGESTS RESTORING FDA ABORTION DRUG SAFETY MEASURES IN LIGHT OF NEW DATA

HYDE-SMITH SUGGESTS RESTORING FDA ABORTION DRUG SAFETY MEASURES IN LIGHT OF NEW DATA

At Hearing, Miss. Senator Says Higher Rates of Adverse Mifepristone Reactions Merit Serious FDA Review

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VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Suggests FDA Should Restore Stronger Safety Requirements for Abortion Drug.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, is suggesting that new data should prompt the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin restoring abandoned...

Lawmakers propose extra English proficiency tests for truck drivers

Fleet Owner

Lawmakers propose extra English proficiency tests for truck drivers

This year, Congressional Republicans have proposed at least four separate bills to add additional English proficiency requirements for truck drivers.

By Jeremy Wolfe

Key takeaways

  • Multiple bills aim to enhance...

Bill aims to repeal federal sports betting excise tax

Las Vegas Journal-Review

Bill aims to repeal federal sports betting excise tax
 
By David Danzis, Las Vegas Review-Journal

A pair of lawmakers from gaming-friendly states are taking another bipartisan shot at repealing a longstanding federal tax on sportsbooks.

On Friday, U.S. Sens. Catherine...

Pro-life lawmakers join call for VA abortion rule change

Baptist Press

Pro-life lawmakers join call for VA abortion rule change

By Laura Erlanson

WASHINGTON (BP) – The Department of Veterans Affairs appears likely to rescind a Biden-era rule promoting abortion services at VA facilities.

In an email to Baptist Press, a VA spokesperson called the Biden...