Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state. The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.
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Biden will create national monument to honor Emmett Till
By Rob Hotakainen
President Joe Biden on Tuesday will create a new national monument to commemorate Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy whose killing in the Mississippi Delta in 1955 helped spark the modern civil rights...
The Center Square | Maine
Bipartisan legislation designed to address the health care worker shortage
By Brent Addleman | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Improving health care options for Maine residents is the focus of a bill sponsored by the state’s independent senator.
The Palliative...
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Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student loan relief plan and limits LGBTQ rights
The court concluded its term today and announced cases it will take up when the next term starts in October.
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Latest news from the Supreme Court's rulings
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Rep. Ezell visits leaders on the Coast
By Brooke Parker
Congressman Mike Ezell is on the Coast this week meeting with city leaders and enjoying the Fourth of July holiday.
Ezell visited WXXV and talked to us about coastal bills and national policies.
Even while home for a...
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60 Senators support bipartisan telehealth access bill
By Aaron Dorman
A majority of Senators in Congress are working to implement permanent telehealth services access through Medicare.
Sixty Senators, including six bipartisan sponsors, recently reintroduced the Creating...
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The CONNECT for Health Act is reintroduced, again
A bipartisan group of 60 senators reintroduced the updated 2023 version of the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act. A companion bill was introduced in the House.
By Andrea Fox
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U.S. Senate introduces Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
By Daily Leader Staff
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (S.1957) was introduced this week by Sen. Roger Marshall M.D. (R-Kan.). Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, helped introduce the bipartisan...
HYDE-SMITH HELPS REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN PALLIATIVE & HOSPICE CARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week helped reintroduce bipartisan legislation to address growing concerns about a shortage of palliative and hospice caregivers as the nation’s population grows older.
The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (S.2243) would help ensure an adequate, appropriately trained workforce to provide pain and symptom management...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO ADVANCE THREE FY2024 FUNDING BILLS
Senate Appropriations Committee Okays Bills that Reflect Funding Reductions Required in Debt Limit Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted to advance three FY2024 appropriations bills, each of which recommend lower discretionary funding levels than approved last year.
The committee on Thursday marked up the FY2024 Commerce, Justice, and Science...
HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE EXAMINE ‘SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAM’ PROGRESS, OUTLOOK FOR REAUTHORIZATION
Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Research Program Set to Expire Sept. 30 Without Action
VIDEO CLIP: Senator Hyde-Smith Examines Challenges for Rural Mississippians with Diabetes.
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Witness on Special Diabetes Program Reauthorization.
PHOTO: Senator Hyde-Smith Meets JuJu Phillips, Mississippi’s Delegate to JDRF Children’s Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy...
