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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES CALL FOR BAN ON GOVERNMENT DATABASES FOR RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced their support for legislation to prohibit federal agencies from sharing, disclosing or disseminating information concerning a religious accommodation request by a federal employee beyond the minimum necessary to process the request.

The Prohibiting Religious Exemption and Accommodations Databases...

HYDE-SMITH DEBUNKS BIDEN, DEM. BLAME GAME ON HIGHER ENERGY PRICES

Miss. Senator, Colleagues Say More American Production, Not Litany of Anti-Energy Polices, Would Help Americans

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Says Mississippians, Americans Suffer for Biden and Democrats Anti-Energy Policies.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses the Media at Gas Prices News Conference.
CHART:  Gas Prices Soar Under Biden.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today disparaged efforts by...

MISS. SENATORS CALL FOR NATIONAL WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE DAY

Cosponsor Bipartisan Resolution Designating March 24 as Day to Honor Women in Ag

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of Women’s History Month and National Agriculture Week, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored a bipartisan resolution to designate March 24 as “National Women in Agriculture Day.”

The resolution seeks to honor both women who lead farming operations, and those who work in various...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR BILL TO EMPOWER AMERICA’S WORKFORCE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored the Employee Rights Act of 2022, legislation that would protect workers and small businesses from the pro-labor union tactics advanced by the Biden administration.

The bill would update and modernize the Employee Rights Act to protect independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking flexible work...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES MOVE TO STOP FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS

Miss. Senators Join Resolution to Overturn Biden Administration Final Rule on Title X 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined 29 Republican colleagues in a Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to overturn the Biden administration’s 2021 Final Rule on the Title X Family Planning Program, which permits abortion providers like Planned Parenthood to receive...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES DEMAND ANSWERS ON ‘OPEN-BORDERS’  EFFECT ON VIOLENT CRIME RATES

In Letter to DHS Secretary, 22 Senators Push to Overturn Enforcement Guidance Regarding Illegal Immigrants in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, is among a group of Senators raising concerns about recent violent crimes committed by illegal aliens who crossed into the United States under President Biden’s...

UPDATE: SENATE APPROVES BILL COSPONSORED BY HYDE-SMITH TO MAKE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is pleased to announce unanimous Senate approval of S.623, the Sunshine Protection Act.  Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of this legislation to make Daylight Saving Time the new, permanent standard time. 

The Senate-passed bill, which still requires House passage and the President’s signature, would delay implementation until Nov. 20, 2023...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO HELP THOSE HURT BY COVID-19 VACCINES

Measure Would Fix Federal Compensation Program that Hasn’t Approved a Single COVID Compensation Claim

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing legislation to help individuals who have suffered adverse reactions from the COVID-19 vaccines.

The Countermeasure Injury Compensation Amendment Act (S.3810) would amend the federal statute that authorized the...

MISS. SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO IMPROVE TORNADO FORECASTING FOLLOWING DEVASTATING OUTBREAK 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), today introduced the Tornado Observation Research Notification and Deployment to Operations (TORNADO) Act to improve the forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather. 

The TORNADO Act (S.3817)...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES TARGET ATF ‘SECRET GUIDANCE’ THREAT TO SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and 19 of her colleagues are demanding that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) disclose details of its use of secret internal guidance to enforce regulations that are not openly published and could threaten constitutional Second Amendment rights.

The lawmakers detailed their concerns in a letter to Attorney General Merrick...