Health Care

HYDE-SMITH, LANKFORD ACT TO STOP TAXPAYERS FROM PAYING FOR ABORTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) in introducing legislation that would give states the authority to exclude abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood, from receiving state Medicaid funds.

The Women’s Public Health and Safety Act (S.471) would amend current law that requires states to allow any qualified provider to participate in a state’s...

HYDE-SMITH CALLS OUT ‘MEATLESS’ TREND IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Says Don’t Sacrifice Student Nutrition on the Altar of Climate Activism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday called out school systems that are moving to remove meat from their federally-subsidized school lunch and breakfast programs.

Hyde-Smith delivered the remarks at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing titled, Farm Bill 2023:  Nutrition Programs.

“For years, popular...

HYDE-SMITH TARGETS DRUG, HUMAN TRAFFICKING SPURRED BY BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS

Miss. Senator Backs Blackburn Bill to Stop U.S. Taxpayer Benefits for Those Charged with Trafficking

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Legislative Solutions to Fix the Border Crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.), who all toured the Del Rio Border Sector in January, to outline legislative solutions to tackle...

HYDE-SMITH & PFLUGER LEAD BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF IN CHALLENGE TO FDA CHEMICAL ABORTION REGIMEN

67 Lawmakers Sign Brief that Spotlights Risks to Women, Girls in FDA Disregard of the Law 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas-11) today led 13 Senators and 54 Representatives in signing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs.

The...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN FIGHT AGAINST VA-FUNDED ABORTIONS

Miss. Senators Join Bicameral Effort to Overturn Illegal Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) joined more than 65 colleagues in introducing a bicameral joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify an illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA health care system. 

The CRA...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES WOMEN’S BILL OF RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced a resolution to establish a Women’s Bill of Rights to affirm legal protections afforded to women under federal law.

Hyde-Smith’s resolution and a companion measure introduced Thursday by U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) asserts that a women’s bill of rights is warranted given “recent misguided rulings relating to the definition of ‘sex’ have led to the...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS TIM SCOTT’S BILL TO PROTECT PARENTAL RIGHTS, COMBAT INDOCTRINATION IN SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she is cosponsoring U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s legislation to protect parental rights and prevent school administrators from concealing information about students’ gender from their parents.

The Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their (PROTECT) Kids Act (S.200) would restrict federal funding for any elementary or...

HYDE-SMITH REFUTES ROSY WHITE HOUSE TALES, SAYS FAMILIES CAN’T AFFORD BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

In Advance of Biden’s State of the Union Speech, Miss. Senator Says Americans Understand When Things Aren’t Going Well

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Counters White House Economic Spin, Sides with Families.
VIDEO:  Complete Hyde-Smith Speech.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of next week’s State of the Union Address, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today refuted rosy White House economic scenarios that...

HYDE-SMITH OFFERS BILL TO STOP FDA ABORTION DRUG DISTRIBUTION POLICIES

Miss. Senator Reintroduces SAVE Moms and Babies Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today renewed a legislative effort to fight actions taken by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to broaden the use of chemical abortion drugs.

Hyde-Smith reintroduced the Support and Value Expectant (SAVE) Moms and Babies Act (S.95) on Thursday. This measure would...

HYDE-SMITH, LATTA DEMAND FDA REVERSE ILLEGAL ACTIONS PROMOTING MAIL-ORDER CHEMICAL ABORTION DRUGS

In Bicameral Letter with 75 Colleagues, Lawmakers Detail FDA’s Dangerous Violations of Federal Law with Decisions to Approve Abortion Drugs & Weaken Safeguards by Mail and Telemedicine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Congressman Bob Latta (R-Ohio) today led 75 of their colleagues from the Senate and House of Representatives in calling for the U.S. Food and Drug...