National Security

HYDE-SMITH QUESTIONS U.S. RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN URANIUM TO FUEL NUCLEAR POWER

Senate Energy Committee Examines U.S. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Challenges

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Question on Sanctioning Russian Uranium Imports.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday advocated ending uranium imports from Russia, which remains one of the few Russian products not sanctioned by the United States following Vladimir Putin’s 2023 invasion of Ukraine.

The Senate Energy and...

HYDE-SMITH PANS BIDEN’S FY2024 BUDGET PLAN

‘The best thing about President Biden’s 2024 budget wish list is that it’s dead on arrival.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today panned President Biden’s FY2024 budget plan that relies on massive tax increases, more federal spending, and bogus deficit cutting gimmicks.

“The best thing about President Biden’s 2024 budget wish list is that it’s dead on arrival.  It is not...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘ESCAPE ACT’ TO MEET NATO ALLIES ENERGY NEEDS

Barrasso-authored Measure Focused on Breaking NATO Member Dependence on Russian Sources

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday cosponsored legislation to boost energy security among North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members while reducing their dependence on Russian energy.

Hyde-Smith is one of 28 cosponsors of the Energy Security Cooperation with Allied Partners in Europe (ESCAPE) Act...

HYDE-SMITH, KENNEDY INTRODUCE BILL TO CREATE SPECIAL IG TO OVERSEE AMERICAN TAXPAYER AID TO UKRAINE

Bipartisan Measure Seeks Accounting for U.S. Security, Humanitarian & Economic Assistance

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) in introducing legislation to establish a Special Inspector General (IG) for Ukraine.

The Independent and Objective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act would give the Special IG authority to oversee...

A YEAR AFTER UKRAINE INVADED, HYDE-SMITH SAYS MORE U.S. ENERGY KEY TO GLOBAL STABILITY

Hearing Witness Says Biden Energy Policies, European Dependence on Russian Energy Emboldened Putin

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Looks at Lessons Learned a Year After Ukraine Invaded.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said global energy disruptions caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine should serve as a lesson that more U.S. oil and natural gas production is necessary...

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...

MISS. LAWMAKERS URGE AIR FORCE TO KEEP T-1A AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE

Hyde-Smith, Wicker, Kelly & Guest Argue Aircraft Still Needed for Pilot Training

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today urged the U.S. Air Force to delay divesting itself of the T-1A aircraft until a new service-wide training curriculum and new training aircraft are ready for delivery.

The Mississippi...

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, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Under Looming Debt Ceiling Fight, 23 Cosponsors Join Miss. Senator in Renewed Push to Amend the U.S. Constitution to Force Annual Balanced Federal Budgets, Fight Debt

 
VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Discusses Why the U.S. Needs a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a looming battle over the nation’s debt and borrowing authority, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) with 23 cosponsors has introduced...

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...