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HYDE-SMITH TESTIFIES TO PROTECT HARD-WON GIRLS’ & WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Before Judiciary Committee, Miss. Senator Highlights Harmful Effects of Pending ‘Equality Act’

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Testifies Against the Gender Identity Legislation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today provided testimony on the harmful effects on girls and women that would result from provisions of the Equality Act (HR.5), a House-passed measure that would significantly alter how the United States...

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...

MISSISSIPPI, MAINE DELEGATIONS LEAD BIPARTISAN CALL FOR ROBUST SHIPBUILDING BUDGET, LARGER NAVY FLEET

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Maine and Mississippi congressional delegations today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks urging them to provide unequivocal support to the long-standing and congressionally mandated requirement for a larger Navy fleet.

More ships—and a strong shipbuilding industrial base—are vital to the United...

HYDE-SMITH NAMED TOP REPUBLICAN ON AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry U.S. today named U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) as the lead Republican of its Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security.

“I look forward to serving as the Ranking Member of this subcommittee as the Senate Agriculture Committee addresses the policies needed to strengthen the agricultural sector and...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $20.5 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING TO ADDRESS MISS. MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of almost $20.5 million in COVID-19 funding to address mental health and substance abuse problems in Mississippi.

Specifically, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health will receive $12,938,191 in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SABG) funding and $7,556,583 in Community Mental Health...

MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION URGES IRS TO CLEAR TAX RETURN BACKLOG

Ahead of Tax Day, Mississippi Legislators Address Constituent Concerns

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.), today sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the agency to clear a large backlog of 2019 tax returns before the...

HYDE-SMITH, GOSAR INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO BLOCK STATE GUN REGISTRIES

Lawmakers Offer ‘GRIP Act’ in Continued Effort to Protect Gun Owners’ Privacy Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (R-Ariz.) today introduced the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to prohibit states, localities, or any other organization from using federal funding to maintain gun registries.

The GRIP Act would clarify...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT FAITH-BASED FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS

Miss. Senators Take an Important Step to Protect Religious Freedom

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined their colleagues in introducing the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act to protect child welfare providers from being discriminated against for acting in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs.

“Faith-based adoption and foster care...

HYDE-SMITH, RUBIO RENEW PUSH TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT
 
Senators Reintroduce Legislation to End Twice-a-Year Need for Americans to Change their Clocks

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to reintroduce legislation to make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the United States.

DST begins this Sunday, March 14, and lasts until Sunday, November 7.  The Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 would simply negate the...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES AGAINST $1.9 TRILLION TO FUND LIBERAL AGENDA

Biden, Democrats Use Coronavirus Pandemic to Force Radical Agenda on Nation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) issued the following statement regarding her vote against the $1.9 trillion plan advanced by President Biden and congressional Democrats as COVID relief, but would actually advance a radical liberal agenda.  The plan passed on a strictly partisan 50-49 vote.

“This package is not the just reward for...