Health Care

HYDE-SMITH CONTINUES PUSH FOR THOROUGH FDA REVIEW OF DANGEROUS CHEMICAL ABORTION PILLS

At Hearing, Senator Questions FDA Inconsistencies in Regulating Abortion Pill vs. COVID Vaccines

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Highlights Need for Review of Dangers to Women’s Health.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today continued a push for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a thorough review of the risks to women’s health from a chemical abortion pill made more...

HYDE-SMITH GETS NIH PROMISE NOT TO VIOLATE GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHTS THROUGH RESEARCH

NIH Directors Pledges to be ‘Very Sensitive’ to Data Collection Prohibitions Even as Biden Pushes for Accelerated Research on Gun Violence

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Airs Concerns About NIH Research and Gun Registries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received a promise from the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that the agency will be “very sensitive” to adhering to a...

AHEAD OF HURRICANE SEASON, WICKER & HYDE-SMITH SEEK TO ENSURE FEMA PREPARED FOR WORKFORCE SHORTAGE 

Lawmakers Question Demands on Agency Taxed by COVID-19 Response & Border Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among a group of Senators from coastal states seeking to ensure the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) workforce is ready for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.

The Mississippi Senators signed a letter to FEMA...

HYDE-SMITH RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHING CDC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH

At Budget Review Hearing, CDC Director Also Agrees with Hyde-Smith Call for Greater Flexibility in Using CDC Funding

VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Advocates Office of Rural Health within CDC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing rural health disparities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today recommended establishing an Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to begin...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH OPPOSE BIDEN EFFORT TO DIRECT TAX DOLLARS TO ABORTION PROVIDERS

Miss. Senators & Colleagues Challenge Plan to Direct Tax Dollars to Abortion Providers 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined 32 colleagues in opposition to the Biden administration’s efforts to direct tax dollars to abortion providers.

The lawmakers signed a comprehensive public comment letter that urges Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier...