Senator Hyde-Smith has great respect and admiration for the law enforcement and first responder personnel who dedicate their lives to protecting the public. As a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, she will continue to support programs and policies that enable these public servants to do their jobs more effectively.
Senate aims to ban FGM nationwide
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Senate aims to ban FGM nationwide
By Charlie Butts
U.S. senators are providing a glimmer of hope that female genital mutilation will be banned nationally.
Elizabeth Yore, who heads End FGM Today, says the Centers for Disease Control reported in 2015 that approximately 513,000 U.S...
Top female GOP senators just introduced a bill to fight the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation
Washington Examiner
OPINION
Top female GOP senators just introduced a bill to fight the abhorrent practice of female genital mutilation
By Andrea G. Bottner
Most Americans are shocked to hear that more than 200 million young women and girls around the world have been subjected to the barbaric...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for border funding bill
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Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for border funding bill
By Steven Gagliano
With the support of Mississippi’s Senate delegation in D.C., an appropriations bill could send billions of dollars to the border.
Passed with bipartisan support, the $4.6 billion supplemental appropriations bill...