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Senators discuss meetings with Kavanaugh ahead of confirmation hearing
Cindy Hyde-Smith
United States Senator for Mississippi
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WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Sen. Hyde-Smith announces $11.9 million grant for water infrastructure
By WDAM Staff
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced Thursday that Mississippi will be receiving an $11.9 million grant for public water system improvements.
News Mississippi
Wicker backs Kavanaugh’s nomination
By Steven Gagliano
President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has Senator Roger Wicker’s support.
Wicker was able to meet with Judge Brett Kavanaugh yesterday, and afterward, the Senator stated that will support his nomination.
The Hill
GOP attempt to block funding for DC's individual mandate fails in Senate
By Jordain Carney
A Republican attempt to include a provision in a government funding bill that would block the District of Columbia from using money to implement its own individual health-care mandate failed in the Senate on Wednesday.
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
US Senator Hyde-Smith pledges support for Supreme Court nominee
By WDAM Staff
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) pledged to advocate for the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Hyde-Smith met with Kavanaugh on Wednesday.
Washington Examiner
Republican senators seek to stop DC's individual mandate
By Robert King
A group of six GOP senators want to stop the District of Columbia’s effort to create their own individual mandate that every city resident get health insurance.
The senators introduced on Tuesday an amendment to an appropriations bill that would stop federal funds from re-implementing the mandate’s financial penalty. The tax reform law zeroed out the penalty starting in 2019.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
SID SALTER: Rand’s ‘Penny Plan’ was more political theatrics than honest fiscal policy proposal
By Sid Salter
Federal Social Security and Medicare entitlements as they exist today are in deep trouble and can’t sustain themselves under current law while at the same time 78 million Baby Boomers like me hurtle toward retirement.
MedPage Today
NIH Funding Needs to Keep Rising, Senators Say
By Joyce Frieden
WASHINGTON -- Federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) needs to continue going up, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate committee that reviews the agency's funding, said Thursday.
NewsMS.fm
Senator Hyde-Smith talks rural healthcare in Mississippi
By Alex Paton
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith participated in a Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing this week to question Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar about his agency’s FY2019 budget request and how to help improve healthcare for Mississippians living in rural areas.
Christian News Network
Nearly 200 Congressmen Ask HHS to Amend Title X Regulations to Disqualify Planned Parenthood for Funding
By Heather Clark
WASHINGTON — Nearly 200 Congressmen have signed on to letters asking the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to amend the federal Title X regulations so as to prohibit funding to organizations that perform abortions, including Planned Parenthood.
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