Senator Hyde-Smith supports common-sense, patient-centered health care reforms to help Mississippi families afford health insurance coverage without expanding the government’s role in providing health care.  She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.

Senator Hyde-Smith appreciates the role of the state’s universities to support federal research on better prevention and treatment efforts on chronic diseases, like diabetes, that affect Mississippians disproportionally.


HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

Miss. Senator Will Chair Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has been named chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, a panel with oversight over livestock and dairy production, marketing, food safety, and security issues.
 
The appointment means Hyde-Smith will chair two subcommittees in...

BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS SEND LETTER REQUESTING ADMINISTRATION STABILIZE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM

BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS SEND LETTER REQUESTING ADMINISTRATION STABILIZE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and 64 other Senators today issued a letter urging the administration to stabilize the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to 21 million seniors and individuals with disabilities.
 
The Senators, including Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), wrote to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CHALLENGE NEW LIVER TRANSPLANT POLICY THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT MISSISSIPPI

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CHALLENGE NEW LIVER TRANSPLANT POLICY THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT MISSISSIPPI

Senators Ask HHS Secretary for Answers on Policy that Diverts Donated Livers to Other Regions

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are challenging a new policy that could divert livers donated for transplant in Mississippi to other regions of the country.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 22 Senators who signed a bipartisan letter to Health and Human...

Flaggs believes city may avoid drastic action to balance budget

Vicksburg Post

Flaggs believes city may avoid drastic action to balance budget

By John Surratt

Early revenue projections and potential state and federal assistance could mean Vicksburg’s financial picture may not be as bleak as initially thought, Mayor George Flaggs said Monday.

He discussed the...

State, local virus aid bill gains bipartisan momentum

CQ Roll Call

State, local virus aid bill gains bipartisan momentum

By Paul M. Krawzak, CQ

New bipartisan legislation would provide $500 billion in aid to state and local governments, territories and tribes to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, with the smallest communities in line for a direct...