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HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ANIMAL DISEASE QUICK-RESPONSE PLEDGES FROM USDA ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOMINEES

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Animal Disease Response Needs with USDA Nominees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss), with an eye on various animal diseases threatening the livestock and poultry industry, today encouraged the nominees to lead U.S. Department of Agriculture regulatory and research programs to endorse early preparation and rapid response policies to combat...

SENATORS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH

Hyde-Smith, Kaine, Hawley & Gillibrand Tout ‘Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today introduced new, bipartisan legislation to insulate expecting parents from the high cost of pregnancy and childbirth by eliminating insurance cost-share fees on services related to...

HYDE-SMITH WARNS AGAINST BASELESS ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FOOD PRODUCTION IN PENDING MAHA REPORT

HHS Sec. Dismisses Miss. Senator’s Concerns that MAHA Report Will Ignore Decades of Sound Science, Undermine Confidence in American Food Supply with False Claims

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Confronts HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on a MAHA Report Due Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of an expected Thursday release of an initial Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report, U.S. Senator Cindy...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO RESTORE EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES AT RURAL HOSPITALS

‘Rural Health Sustainability Act’ Would Make More At-Risk or Closed Rural Hospitals Eligible for CMS Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to give more at-risk or closed rural hospitals an opportunity to reestablish or maintain emergency outpatient hospital services.

The Rural Health Sustainability Act (S.1800), which Hyde-Smith introduced...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO COMBAT SCREWWORM OUTBREAK

The STOP Screwworms Act would Boost Capacity to Stop Parasite from Reaching U.S. Livestock & Wildlife  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) this week cosponsored bipartisan legislation to step up American efforts to ensure a resurgent infestation of the New World screwworm (NWS) does not reach the United States where the impacts to animal health and agriculture could be devastating.

The introduction of the Strengthening...