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HYDE-SMITH, COTTON INTRODUCE CELLPHONE JAMMING REFORM ACT

Legislation Targets Contraband Use of Cellphones in Prison Facilities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in introducing legislation to combat the illicit use of cellphones by prisoners in federal and state prisons.

The Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 (S.1137) would allow state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems to prevent inmates from using...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE BILL TO PENALIZE SUPREME COURT LEAKERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in reintroducing legislation that set criminal penalties for individuals who leak confidential information from the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act (S.1143) would impose a $10,000 fine and up to a 10-year prison sentence on those who leak...

HYDE-SMITH AGAIN PUSHES TO DELIVER COMBAT-INJURED VETERANS FULL MILITARY BENEFITS

Legislation Reintroduced to Provide Combat-Injured Veterans with Full Earned Disability Compensation & Retirement Pay

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day on Saturday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she is again supporting an effort to overturn a policy that denies some combat-disabled veterans from receiving full military retirement pay and veteran...

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...