Southwest Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN FIGHT AGAINST VA-FUNDED ABORTIONS

Miss. Senators Join Bicameral Effort to Overturn Illegal Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) joined more than 65 colleagues in introducing a bicameral joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify an illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA health care system. 

The CRA...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Under Looming Debt Ceiling Fight, 23 Cosponsors Join Miss. Senator in Renewed Push to Amend the U.S. Constitution to Force Annual Balanced Federal Budgets, Fight Debt

 
VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Discusses Why the U.S. Needs a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a looming battle over the nation’s debt and borrowing authority, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) with 23 cosponsors has introduced...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES WOMEN’S BILL OF RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced a resolution to establish a Women’s Bill of Rights to affirm legal protections afforded to women under federal law.

Hyde-Smith’s resolution and a companion measure introduced Thursday by U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) asserts that a women’s bill of rights is warranted given “recent misguided rulings relating to the definition of ‘sex’ have led to the...