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HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO ENCOURAGE DOCTORS TO PRACTICE IN RURAL AMERICA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today addressed the shortage of physicians in rural areas with the introduction of the Rural Physician Workforce Production Act, a measure intended to ramp up the next generation of rural doctors.
 
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of legislation, introduced by Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), to expand the Graduate Medical Education (GME) program to...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.7 MILLION FOR YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS IN DELTA

Education-Apprenticeship Grants Going to Programs in Greenville, Clarksdale & Yazoo City

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of almost $2.7 million to support three YouthBuild education and training programs in the Mississippi Delta.
 
Hyde-Smith, who has advocated for YouthBuild funding as part of her work on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said three U.S. Department of...

HYDE-SMITH THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND PERMANENT “DEATH TAX” REPEAL BILL

Enacting Permanent Repeal Would Help Next Generation Keep Family Farms, Businesses Alive

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to repeal the federal estate tax or “death tax” permanently.
 
Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Death Tax Repeal Act (S.215), which would end Internal Revenue Service collection of punitive taxes imposed on family-owned farms, ranches, and...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON AGREEMENT TO END PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement after President Trump announced an agreement to end the partial government shutdown with a continuing resolution extending through Feb. 15.

“I respect the President’s decision to reopen closed portions of the federal government and end the hardship the shutdown has caused many people in Mississippi and around the country.  We’ll...

HYDE-SMITH PROPOSES USING TARIFF REVENUES TO FUND BORDER BARRIERS

Legislation Targets 50 Percent of Revenue from Tariffs on Chinese Products for Border Security Purposes

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the introduction of legislation to fund U.S. border security barriers with revenues generated from tariffs imposed on Chinese goods.
 
Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, introduced the Border, Law...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND MISS. STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR 2019 U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

Jackson & Brandon Students Will Represent State in Washington, D.C., Receive $10,000 Scholarships

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended Ruben Manasseh Banks of Jackson and Warren Kennedy Guest of Brandon on their selection to represent the Magnolia State at the 57th annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).

Banks and Guest are scheduled...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CHALLENGE NEW LIVER TRANSPLANT POLICY THAT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT MISSISSIPPI

Senators Ask HHS Secretary for Answers on Policy that Diverts Donated Livers to Other Regions

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are challenging a new policy that could divert livers donated for transplant in Mississippi to other regions of the country.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 22 Senators who signed a bipartisan letter to Health and Human...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $37.6 MILLION FOR MISS. HEAD START PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $37.6 million in federal grant funding for Head Start programs in Mississippi, including $30.3 million in new funding for Early Head Start programs in Benton, Marshall, DeSoto, Noxubee, Grenada, Lowndes, and Tunica counties.

“The expansion of Early Head Start in these seven counties will provide support for young...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR PERMANENT BAN ON FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS

Miss. Senator Cosponsored Measure, Vows to Continue Uphill Fight for Bill to Become Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to proceed to legislation that would establish a permanent and government-wide ban on the use of federal funding for abortions.

The Senate on Thursday voted 48-47 on a motion to proceed to the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR LEGISLATION TO PROTECT MEDICAID FROM FUNDING HEALTH CARE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Proposal Would Prevent States from Using Federal Resources to Expand Medicaid Benefits to Unauthorized Immigrants

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today helped introduce the Protect Medicaid Act (S.131), which would prevent states from using federal resources to expand Medicaid services to illegal immigrants.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are...