Pine Belt

HYDE-SMITH DRAWS ATTENTION TO MISS. ISSUES WITH INTERIOR NOMINEE 

National Parks, Flooded Refuge Habitat, and Agricultural Interests Cited at Hearing 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cited the importance of several U.S. Department of the Interior activities in Mississippi as the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered the nominee for the second-highest position at the agency.

The confirmation hearing on the nomination of Katherine MacGregor...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON HOUSE IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION VOTE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the Democratic resolution passed by the House of Representatives to establish rules for the partisan impeachment inquiry targeting President Trump:

“The Democrats’ impeachment resolution is biased and rigged to ensure the President, his legal team, and defenders are denied basic procedural and due process rights.  The travesty is...

HYDE-SMITH DECRIES DEMOCRATS’ DEFENSE FUNDING FILIBUSTER

For Second Time in Two Months, Senate Democrats Block FY2020 Defense Funding Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today criticized Senate Democrats for continuing a filibuster on the FY2020 Defense Appropriations Bill, which would strengthen America’s military and support service members with the largest pay raise in a decade.  Senate Democrats on Thursday...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES WITH SENATE TO ADVANDCE FOUR FUNDING BILLS, CALLS ON DEMS TO COOPERATE ON REMAINING MEASURES

Miss. Senator Used Appropriations Committee Position to Support Mississippi Priorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted for passage of four FY2020 funding bills that will support agricultural, NASA, environmental, and transportation projects in Mississippi.

The Senate today approved a FY2020...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS PUSH TO IMPROVE KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENTS

Primary Cosponsor of Measure to Develop New Treatment Devices for End-Stage Renal Disease

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday joined Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) to introduce legislation to spur development of new treatment devices for people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

The Patient Access to ESRD New Innovative Devices Act (S.2751) would direct the Secretary of the U.S. Department of...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO RETAIN STATE FLEXIBILITY WITH TRUMP HEALTH INSURANCE WAIVER POLICY

Miss. Senator Rejects Democrat Resolution as Political Stunt & Unhelpful for Improving American Healthcare System

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to reject a Senate Democratic effort to unravel President Trump’s work to give states greater flexibility in administering mandates built into the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare).

The Senate voted 43-52 on Thursday...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO EXPAND TELEHEALTH SERVICES, IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND CUT COSTS
 
Bipartisan Legislation would Expand Telehealth Services to Benefit Medicare Beneficiaries

VIDEO:  CONNECT for Health News Conference.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined a bipartisan effort to expand telehealth services through Medicare as a means to improve health outcomes, make it easier for patients to connect with their...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO PROTECT RURAL CO-OPS ACCESS TO BROADBAND GRANTS, FEMA DISASTER RELIEF

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation now cosponsored by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) would allow rural cooperatives to receive grants and disaster relief assistance without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status.

Hyde-Smith has thrown her support behind the Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands (RURAL) Act (S.1032).  The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure tax-exempt...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RESOLUTION DENOUNCING HOUSE DEMOCRAT IMPEACHMENT PROCESS

Measure Condemns Democrats’ Denial of Due Process or Procedures Used in Previous Cases 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today condemned the lack of due process and adherence to basic rights in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of a Senate resolution, introduced Thursday by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), that...

HYDE-SMITH ARGUES FOR US-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE PACT PASSAGE

Miss. Senator Critical of Congressional Democrats’ Yearlong Delay to Ratify 21st Century Trade Agreement

VIDEO (clip):  “No good reason for the House to have held up this 21st century trade agreement.”
VIDEO (full statement):  Senator Hyde-Smith Argues for Passage of USMCA Trade Pact.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today argued that continued delays by Democrats to obstruct passage of the United States...