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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL ON BIDEN TO ENFORCE CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED SANCTIONS ON IRAN

18 Senators Assert Relaxed Enforcement Allows Iran to Support Hamas, Terrorist Acts 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined Republican colleagues in calling on President Biden to immediately enforce oil sanctions on Iran as mandated by Congress.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 18 Senators who signed a letter to Biden that also urges the...

HYDE-SMITH & PFLUGER, COLLEAGUES FILE SUPREME COURT BRIEF IN ONGOING CHALLENGE TO FDA CHEMICAL ABORTION ACTIONS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas-11) today led the filing of an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Supreme Court considering initial “approval irregularities” by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in its 2000 approval of chemical abortion drugs.

Seventeen U.S. Senators and 92 members of the House of...

SENATORS INTRODUCE OLE MISS 175th ANNIVERSARY RESOLUTION 

Hyde-Smith, Wicker & Shaheen Offer Measure to Commemorate University of Mississippi Milestone 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), joined by Ole Miss alumni U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), today introduced a resolution commemorating the 175th anniversary of the University of Mississippi.

The resolution highlights the growth and accomplishments of Mississippi’s flagship...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL ON DOD TO RESCIND ABORTION TRAVEL POLICY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 27 Senators demanding that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) rescind its policy of paying the travel expenses of those servicemembers and dependents seeking abortions, including late-term abortions. 

The Mississippi lawmakers signed a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that outlines how the policy exceeds any authority...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ASK U.N. TO DESIGNATE HAMAS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, IMPOSE SANCTIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among a bipartisan group of 34 Senators asking the United Nations (U.N.) to designate Iranian-backed Hamas as a terrorist organization and to impose sanctions on it.

The Senators argue in a letter to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield that the lack of the terrorist organization designation and sanctions weakens efforts...