Southwest Region

MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION TO OVERCOME FEBRUARY STORM DAMAGE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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.) issued a letter Thursday asking President Biden to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s request for a major disaster declaration due to the extreme winter weather that hit the state of...

HYDE-SMITH PUSHES PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING BAN AS BIDEN & BECERRA TAKE STEPS FOR ABORTIONS ON DEMAND

Cosponsoring Legislation to Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today signaled her opposition to Biden administration efforts to open Title X federal funding to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.

In response, Hyde-Smith today also cosponsored the Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act (S.1144) to protect that...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN BIPARTISAN PUSH TO INCREASE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION

Twenty-nine Senators Ask Biden to Fully Fund Initiatives as U.S. Manufacturers, Industries Face Chip Shortage 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are part of a bipartisan group of Senators asking President Biden to take steps to energize semiconductor manufacturing in the United States as the nation struggles with chip shortages from pandemic-related market...