Southwest Region

HYDE-SMITH GETS NIH PROMISE NOT TO VIOLATE GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS THROUGH RESEARCH

NIH Directors Pledges to be ‘Very Sensitive’ to Data Collection Prohibitions Even as Biden Pushes for Accelerated Research on Gun Violence

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Airs Concerns About NIH Research and Gun Registries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received a promise from the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that the agency will be “very sensitive” to adhering to a...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES QUESTION USDA DATA ON BIDEN TAX PLAN IMPACT ON FAMILY FARMS & RANCHES

Ag Committee Members Ask Secretary Vilsack to Produce Evidence to Support Claim Only 2 Percent of Farms Affected

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and fellow members of the Senate Agriculture Committee are asking for the public release of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data that clarifies how President Biden’s bid to increase taxes will affect American family farms and...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR THE ‘DON’T WEAPONIZE THE IRS ACT’

Measure Would Stop IRS Targeting, Protect Individual Information

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced their support for legislation to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from again being used as a political weapon against conservative non-profit groups.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are original cosponsors of the Don’t Weaponize the IRS Act (S.1777).  The bill would...