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HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO STOP FEDERAL RESEARCH USING FETAL TISSUE FROM ABORTIONS

‘Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act’ Would Protect Taxpayers from Supporting Unethical 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 reintroduced the Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act to end federal taxpayers’ support for research involving human fetal tissue obtained from abortions...

THUNE, HYDE-SMITH CALL ON DEFENSE SEC. TO UPHOLD CONSCIENCE PROTECTIONS IN PENTAGON’S ABORTION-TRAVEL POLICY

“Implementation of This Ill-Advised Policy Should Fall Squarely on You, and You Alone,” Senators Write Sec. Lloyd Austin

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today called on U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to provide answers regarding the Department of Defense’s implementation of conscience...

HYDE-SMITH ACTS TO BOOST U.S. TRANSFORMER SUPPLY CHAINS, PROTECT AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Ensure DOE Policy Doesn’t Hurt Domestic Transformer Production

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation to set realistic energy efficiency standards that help stabilize domestic transformer manufacturing in order to meet increasing demand without undermining American steel production, electricity distributors...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN BIPARTISAN CALL FOR PERMANENT ACCESS TO TELEHEALTH FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES 

Telehealth Access Set to Expire at the End of the Year, Rural Mississippians Stand to Lose

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to work with Congress to ensure Medicare beneficiaries maintain access to telehealth.

Medicare beneficiaries have...

HYDE-SMITH SIGNS BRIEF TO DEFEND GUN OWNERS FROM ATF ASSAULT ON BUMP STOCKS

Miss. Senator, Colleagues File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Lift Bump Stock Ban

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and others in filing an amici curiae brief that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Biden administration’s assault on the Second Amendment rights of gun owners.

The brief, filed in the case Garland v. Cargill...

HYDE-SMITH BLASTS BIDEN FOR AGAIN PLAYING POLITICS WITH U.S. ENERGY

Miss. Senator, Colleagues Condemn Biden Administration for Pausing U.S. LNG Export Permitting to Appease Radical Environmental Voters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today blasted the Biden administration for pausing all pending non-free trade agreement export permit applications at the behest of the radical climate lobby.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee...

MISS. LAWMAKERS CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL OF BIDEN’S EV MANDATE

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Guest & Ezell Join Bicameral Push for Market-Driven Standards Instead

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) are calling for the withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s proposed fuel standards that will essentially force Americans to purchase electric vehicles (EVs).

The Mississippi lawmakers are...

TO FIGHT SIDE-EFFECT OF BORDER CRISIS, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘EQUAL REPRESENTATION ACT’

Bill would End the Counting of Illegal Immigrants in Determining Electoral College Votes, Congressional District Apportionment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation intended to end the practice of counting illegal immigrants to determine congressional apportionment and, therefore, Electoral College votes.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Equal...

HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS GAO INVESTIGATION OF BOTCHED STUDENT AID PROGRAM

After Delayed Rollout, U.S. Education Dept. Fails to Follow Law to Simplify College Aid Process

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined a bicameral request for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into the Biden administration’s failure to properly implement the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program, delaying students and families’ access to crucial...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS

Bipartisan Resolution Encourages States to Expand Program Embraced by Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among the primary sponsors of a Senate resolution that recognizes the importance and contributions of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT), a program embraced by the state of Mississippi in its quest to improve educational achievement.

The resolution (S.Res...