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 She believes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, should be repealed.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 COSPONSORS CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT
Measure Would Protect Healthcare Providers Who Choose Not to Take Part in Abortions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to protect healthcare providers who decline to take part in abortion or abortion coverage.
Hyde-Smith has joined as a cosponsor of the Conscience Protection Act (S.301), which would protect healthcare providers, health insurance plans and other entities from...
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES USDA PLAN TO PURCHASE SURPLUS FARM-RAISED CATFISH
HYDE-SMITH PRAISES USDA PLAN TO PURCHASE SURPLUS FARM-RAISED CATFISH
USDA Section 32 Buy Will Boost Domestic Industry, Offset Spending on Federal Nutrition Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, today said Mississippi will benefit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture decision to purchase $20 million worth of surplus U.S. farm-raised catfish.
“Section 32” is a permanently authorized program which allows the...
HYDE-SMITH DISAPPOINTED IN SENATE VOTE ALLOWING D.C. TO REVIVE OBAMACARE MANDATE
HYDE-SMITH DISAPPOINTED IN SENATE VOTE ALLOWING D.C. TO REVIVE OBAMACARE MANDATE
Hyde-Smith Cosponsored Cruz Amendment to Block D.C. Healthcare Scheme
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today expressed disappointment in a Senate vote against an amendment she cosponsored to block the District of Columbia from reviving the much-maligned Obamacare individual mandate.
Hyde-Smith was an original cosponsor of an amendment introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to stop...
Sunflower County to Get Share of Food and Shelter Funds
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Sunflower County to Get Share of Food and Shelter Funds
05/12/2020 - 2:19PM
Mississippi will receive $3.6 million from FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to assist nonprofits that are helping residents who are experiencing hunger and homelessness.
Sunfl...
Hattiesburg-based company awarded $10.3M Farmers to Families Food Box contract
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg-based company awarded $10.3M Farmers to Families Food Box contract
By WDAM Staff
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $10.3 million contract to Hattiesburg-based Merchants Foodservice for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program...
Delta Health Center Gets More Funding For COVID-19 Testing
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Delta Health Center Gets More Funding For COVID-19 Testing
By BRyan Davis
Mound Bayou-based Delta Health Center has received more funding to increase COVID-19 testing capacity.
According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week, the health center...