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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...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES IN ADVANCE OF MARCH FOR LIFE

Miss. Senator Highlights Legislation She Backs to Protect Life, Block Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Services

VIDEO:  Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith on 46th Annual March for Life.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised pro-life advocates in advance of the March for Life on Friday, and highlighted the legislation she has thrown her support behind to further protect life and restrict the use of taxpayer...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCE BILL TO DESIGNATE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS HOME AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT

Miss. Senators Move to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) reintroduced their legislation to designate the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home in Jackson as a national monument within the National Park System.
 

“The Medgar and Myrlie Evers home is of great historic significance to the...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today signed as an original cosponsor of legislation to allow law-abiding citizens with concealed carry privileges to take firearms across state lines.

Hyde-Smith has added her support to the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (S.69), which would allow qualified individuals to carry a concealed handgun into another state in accordance with that state’s laws.  Concealed...

HYDE-SMITH 116th CONGRESS COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS SET, INCLUDING APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

Miss. Senator Retains Appropriations, Agriculture & Rules Posts, Joins Energy and Natural Resources Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she will use her expanded committee assignments in the 116th Congress, including chairmanship of an appropriations subcommittee, to accomplish more for Mississippi.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved resolutions...

SENATORS URGE HHS TO ENFORCE SEPARATE ABORTION FEE PAYMENT REQUIREMENT

Lawmakers Urge Agency to Clarify Illegality of Obama Implementation of Affordable Care Act with Hidden Abortion Surcharge

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fourteen Senators, led by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), today encouraged the Trump administration to move forward with a final rule that would ensure pro-life consumers enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans aren’t subsidizing abortion services.
 

In a letter...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BALANCED BUDGET RESOLUTION

Miss. Senator’s First Legislation of 116th Congress Would Amend the Constitution to Force Annual Balanced Federal Budgets

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In one of her first acts in the new 116th Congress, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has introduced legislation to require the President and Congress to enact annual balanced budgets.

S.J.Res.3 is a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution requiring the President to submit, and...

MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $930.8 MILLION CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT TWO NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS IN PASCAGOULA
 
Single, Two-Ship Coast Guard Contract Boosts Miss. Shipbuilding, Savings for Taxpayers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $930.8 million contract for construction of the 10th and 11th U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters (NSC).

The U.S. Department of Homeland...

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES SIGNING OF 2018 FARM BILL
 

Miss. Senator Attends Ceremony as Trump Signs Five-Year Bill Setting Policies to Support U.S. Agriculture, Rural Development & Forestry
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) praised the enactment of  the 2018 farm bill, which strengthens the safety net for Mississippi’s agricultural producers as they navigate market fluctuations amid trade tensions.
 

Hyde-Smith attended the White House ceremony at which President Trump...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR COMPREHENSIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BILL
 

Bipartisan Federal Initiative Follows Mississippi Efforts to Reduce Inmate Recidivism, Reform Sentencing Guidelines
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday night voted in favor of bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation aimed at reducing inmate recidivism and reforming federal sentencing guidelines while protecting the public.
 

The First Step Act of 2018 (S.3649) would authorize programs...