Budget

HYDE-SMITH VOTES AGAINST VEHICLE FOR DEBT LIMIT INCREASE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding her vote Thursday against the Senate proceeding to legislation allowing rules changes to facilitate expedited consideration of a measure to raise the nation’s debt limit:

“I vowed this summer not to help the Democrats raise the debt limit, and I’m holding fast to that commitment not to vote to increase the debt ceiling.  The nation...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES DOMESTIC ENERGY CRISIS RELIEF ACT

Measure Aimed at Tapping American Energy to Improve Economy, National Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the Domestic Energy Crisis Relief Act to restore commonsense to U.S. energy policies in a manner that would enhance job creation and energy security.

The Hyde-Smith legislation cites shortcomings in the Biden administration’s energy policies, while pinpointing a series of requirements...

HYDE-SMITH AGAIN HITS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, DEMOCRATS FOR ROLE IN RISING ENERGY COSTS

Americans Will Pay More to Heat Their Homes this Holiday Season

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Participates in Pre-Holiday News Conference on Rising Home Heating Costs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said Democrats’ failure to heed the “basic fundamentals of the economy” underlie the reason American families will pay more to heat their homes and fill their cars this holiday...

HYDE-SMITH OPENS OFFICE IN BROOKHAVEN

Miss. Senator Adds Office to Serve Southwest Mississippi, Maintains Offices in Jackson, Oxford & Gulfport

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the opening of an office in downtown Brookhaven to serve constituents in southwest Mississippi.

The new Hyde-Smith office is located in Suite C of the Benoits Building at 117 W. Cherokee Street, Brookhaven.

“I’m thrilled to open an office in Brookhaven.  This space will give...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES DENOUNCE USPS EXPANSION INTO BANKING

In Letter, Senators Air Concerns that Shift Would Undermine Timely Mail Delivery

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with Senator John Boozman and others, today demanded the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) provide the statutory authority by which it launched a new banking pilot program, which the lawmakers consider a threat to mail delivery and a misguided attempt to federalize financial services.

Nineteen Senators...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WORK TO BLOCK DRAFT OF WOMEN 

Miss. Senators Oppose Compelling Women to Register for the Draft 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week threw their support behind a measure to keep women from being compelled to register for the draft.

The Senators signed onto an amendment to the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would remove a provision from HR.4350 requiring women between the ages of 18 and 25 to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR EFFORTS TO BLOCK TAXPAYER FUNDED PAYMENTS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored efforts to block President Biden’s reported plan to spend an estimated $1 billion to provide $450,000 per person in taxpayer money for settlements for illegal immigrants.

The Mississippi Senators are original cosponsors of the Prohibiting Taxpayer Funded Settlements for Illegal Immigrants Act, which...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES WANT FEDERAL WORKERS TO RETURN TO DUTY STATIONS

Despite COVID Vaccination Progress, Many Fed Agencies Retain Remote Work Status, Affecting Public Services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to require federal government workers to return to their duty stations as COVID-19 vaccines and health management practices make it safer to resume in-person activities.

Hyde-Smith is cosponsoring the Having Employees Return to...

HYDE-SMITH WARNS FAMILIES & BUSINESSES WILL PAY MORE FOR BAD BIDEN ENERGY POLICIES

‘Prices are Headed in the Wrong Direction. The Biden Administration is Headed in the Wrong Direction.’

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Warns of Further Harm from Biden Energy Crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said families and businesses in Mississippi and across the nation will continue to pay the price for President Biden’s self-inflicted American energy crisis.

With...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT MOVE TO BLOCK DEMOCRATS’ IRS SNOOPING PROPOSAL

Miss. Senators Cosponsor ‘Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday helped introduce the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, a bill to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing Democrats’ plan to give the agency access to transaction information of virtually every American.

The legislation (S...