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HYDE-SMITH SEEKS JUSTIFICATION FOR INCREASING IRS BUDGET

Senate Subcommittee Weighs IRS Budget Requests for FY2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said funding increases sought by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must be met with “fiscally-responsible decision making” for the agency to overcome persistent backlogs and deficient customer service.

Hyde-Smith, ranking member of the Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee...

HYDE-SMITH HELPS ADVANCE BILL BENEFITING MISS. HERITAGE AREAS

Energy & Natural Resources Committee Approves Measure Extending Authorization and Funding for National Heritage Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported committee passage of legislation to improve the process for establishing and running National Heritage Areas (NHAs), including extending authorization and funding for sites in Mississippi and across the nation.

Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate...

HYDE-SMITH WANTS BIDEN’S ‘DISINFORMATION’ BOARD DEFUNDED

Miss. Senator Cosponsors Bill to Stop all Funding for Homeland Security Censorship Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped introduce legislation to prohibit the use of any taxpayer funding for the Biden administration’s new Disinformation Governance Board at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, is an original...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO WELCOME DISTRIBUTION OF $36.7 MILLION IN GOMESA FUNDS TO MISS.

Off-shore Energy Production in FY2021 Generates Revenue for State, Three Coastal Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today welcomed the distribution of more than $36.7 million to the State of Mississippi and its three coastal counties for coastal conservation, restoration, and hazard mitigation...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH QUESTION PENTAGON ABOUT COVID VACCINE MILITARY DISCHARGES 

Miss. Senators, Colleagues Seek Details on Pentagon Handling of Servicemembers who Decline Vaccines 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are asking Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to provide information on the number and nature of military discharges for not receiving a COVID vaccine.  

The Mississippi lawmakers are among 14 Senators who signed a detailed letter to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST WOKE CAPITALISM 

Senators Call for the Termination of Citibank as the U.S. Senate Credit Card Provider for Circumventing Abortion Laws 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 10 Senators who today called on the Senate Sergeant at Arms to immediately terminate Citibank as the U.S. Senate credit card provider following the company’s recent announcement that it would pay for its...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT ACT

Bipartisan Legislation Would Empower State & Tribal Governments to Address & Prevent CWD Outbreaks

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for bipartisan legislation to increase both research and management of chronic wasting disease (CWD), which has been identified in Mississippi and has the potential to negatively affect recreational hunting, outdoor tourism, local businesses...

HYDE-SMITH CHALLENGES FDA DECISION TO BROADEN ACCESS TO THE CHEMICAL ABORTION PILLS

Senator Wants Review of FDA Data behind Decision to End In-Person Dispensing Requirement for Abortion-Inducing Meds

VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Will Seek Review of Material Behind FDA Chemical Abortion Decision.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions FDA Commissioner on Access to Mail-Order Abortion Pills.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she wants a full review of the...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES ATTACK BIDEN BORDER POLICIES AS NATION BRACES FOR RECORD MIGRANT SURGE

Miss. Senator Says Safety of American People Will be Worse if Title 42 Policy Lapses

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Rebukes Biden Border Policies, Growing Security Crisis.
CHART:  Biden’s Bad Immigration Policies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues today rebuked President Biden and his administration’s failed border and immigration policies, which imperils border...

AT AG HEARING, HYDE-SMITH STRESSES NEED FOR FAIRNESS FOR U.S. CATTLE PRODUCERS

Senate Panel Receives Testimony on Two Bills that Address Price Disparity between Producers and Consumers

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses Fairness for Cattle Producers, Consumers.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Mississippi Producer on Negative Trends Hurting the U.S. Cattle Industry. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed that American cattle producers deserve to...