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HYDE-SMITH PRAISES EXPEDITED USDA ASSISTANCE TO AG PRODUCERS, FUNDING THAT CAN HELP SUSTAIN HARD-HIT MISS. FARMERS

Hyde-Smith Fought for $10 Billion in Funding Bill Passed in December

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While praising President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins for expediting help for American farmers, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today also encouraged Mississippi agricultural producers to apply for assistance through a $10 billion package that she fought to get passed...

AT WHITE HOUSE, HYDE-SMITH WATCHES TRUMP SIGN DEATH KNELL TO TWO BIDEN ENERGY RULES

Sens. Hyde-Smith, Kennedy & Rep. Ezell Among Legislative Sponsors Invited to Signing Ceremony

 
WHITE HOUSE PHOTO:  President Trump Displays Signed Resolution with Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Sen Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Rep. Mike Ezell (R-Miss.).
WHITE HOUSE PHOTO:  President Trump Signs...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO KEEP FENTANYL A SCHEDULE I DRUG TO CURB OVERDOSES, DEATHS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined her Senate colleagues in passing bipartisan legislation to ensure law enforcement and prosecutors continue to have a key tool needed to combat the scourge of crime, overdoses, and deaths caused by fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances.

The Senate voted 84-16 to approve the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or HALT Fentanyl Act (S.331...

HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR BILLS PROTECTING 2A RIGHTS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES, FULL-TIME TRAVELERS

Miss. Senator Sponsors Two Bills to Remove Current Hurdles in the Gun Control Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) in reintroducing two bills to enhance the Second Amendment rights of individuals with no fixed physical address.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act...

HYDE-SMITH LEAD REPUBLICAN ON BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL WATER SYSTEM RESILIENCE, DISASTER RESPONSE

Bipartisan Measure Would Create Emergency Preparedness & Response Program for Water and Wastewater Utilities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is the lead Republican on legislation introduced today to improve the ability of rural water and wastewater systems to prepare for and respond to natural disasters or other extreme weather events.

Hyde-Smith and U.S. Senator Catherine...

HYDE-SMITH RESTARTS EFFORT TO BAN RESEARCH USING FETAL TISSUE FROM ABORTIONS

‘Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act’ Would Stop the Use of Taxpayer Funding for Research Using Body Parts of Aborted Children

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today jumpstarted her goal to end federal support for research involving fetal tissue obtained from abortions and to outlaw trafficking of the body parts of aborted children.

Hyde-Smith...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN 2A RIGHTS WITH ATF TRANSPARENCY ACT

Cosponsors Bill to Establish Appeal Process for Wrongfully Denied NICS Background Checks

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator James Risch (R-Idaho) in renewing legislation to enhance fairness, timeliness, and transparency for law-abiding Americans required to pass a background check to purchase firearms.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the ATF Transparency Act, which would...

HYDE-SMITH CHIDES DEMS OVER TITLE IX FILIBUSTER, HYPOCRISY AT TRUMP SPEECH

In Speech, Miss. Senator Vows to Continue Fight to Protect Women, Girls in Sports

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Vows to Continue Fight to Ensure Title IX Protections for Women and Girls in Sports.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today chided opponents of legislation to ensure Title IX protections for women and girls in sports, and committed to continuing the fight to pass the bill despite a...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO PROTECT MISS. & U.S. RICE FROM INDIA, CHINA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) last week joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) in introducing legislation to protect Mississippi and U.S. rice growers against dumping of government-subsidized product from India and China.

The Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act (S.743) would increase U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILLS TO STOP TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM FUNDING SANCTUARY CITIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week cosponsored a pair of bills aimed at cutting off federal funding for so-called sanctuary cities and other jurisdictions that hinder the enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, is an original cosponsor of the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act (S.707)...