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HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘CRACK ACT’ TO STOP BIDEN TAXPAYER-FUNDED DRUG KIT SCHEME

Measure Would Prohibit HHS Distribution of Crack Pipes, Similar Drug Paraphernalia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to ensure the federal government will not engage in the distribution of crack pipes or similar drug paraphernalia either directly or indirectly.

The Cutting Rampant Access to Crack Kits (CRACK) Act (S.3632) would amend Section 2706 of the...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES WANT ASSURANCES BIDEN ADMIN. WILL PROTECT AMERICANS IN URKRAINE

Miss. Senator Also Cosponsors NYET Act to Aid Ukraine Defense & Punish Russian Aggression

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is taking issue with the U.S. Department of State decision to essentially abandon Ukraine and the American citizens who live or work there as the threat of a Russian invasion persists.

Hyde-Smith joined U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and others in sending a l...

HYDE-SMITH:  MISSISSIPPIANS AREN’T BUYING BIDEN’S STRONG ECONOMY SPIN AS INFLATION HITS THEM HARD

Miss. Senator Says Better Economic, Energy Policies Needed to Tame Soaring Prices

VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Joins Colleagues to Highlight Harmful Biden Economic Policies.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Discusses Hardships Caused by Record-High Inflation.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith, Senator Mike Crapo & Senator Charles Grassley.
CHART:  Broad-Based Bidenflation, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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HYDE-SMITH REGISTERS OPPOSITION TO NLRB MOVE TO RECLASSIFY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

Signs Amicus Brief Against Backdoor Effort to Implement Failed PRO Act Provisions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she is among a dozen Senators voicing opposition to a backdoor effort by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to use regulatory changes to reclassify millions of independent contractors as employees.

Hyde-Smith signed an amicus brief to the NLRB...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN EFFORT TO REOPEN U.S. CAPITOL & SENATE BUILDINGS TO VISITORS

Senators Cosponsor Resolution Saying Restricted Access ‘Illogical & Unacceptable’ as the Nation Reopens from COVID Constraints

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored a resolution supporting the reopening of the U.S. Capitol and U.S. Senate buildings, which were closed to the public in March 2020 amid COVID-19 fears.

The Mississippi lawmakers...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CALL FOR UNMASKING OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN

Miss. Senators Cosponsor Resolution to Require End to Nationwide Mask Mandate for Head Start Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined in introducing a resolution to nullify a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule (IFR) that requires all staff and volunteers in Head Start educational facilities around the country to be fully vaccinated...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES PLEDGE TO BLOCK ANY IRAN DEAL NOT SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS FOR APPROVAL 

Miss. Senators Admonish Biden Administration Over Nuclear Talks 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday joined colleagues in a letter to President Biden rebuking the administration’s negotiations for a new Iran nuclear deal.

The letter comes as reports emerge that the Biden administration is actively renegotiating another entry into...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH TAKE UP FIGHT TO STOP BIDEN-OBAMA WOTUS RULE
 
Senate Republicans Unite to Call for Halt to EPA/USACE Rulemaking until Supreme Court Decision 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), as part of a united Senate Republican Conference, are urging two federal agencies to suspend a pending rulemaking the jurisdictional definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS), until the U.S. Supreme Court completes consideration of a case...

HYDE-SMITH SAYS ADMINISTRATION ‘SLOW WALKING’ OFFSHORE ENERGY, IMPERILING PRODUCTION OUTLOOK

‘I Have Never Seen Such Slow Walking in My Life, to the Detriment of My State of Mississippi,’ Miss. Senator Declares

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions Nominee on Biden Energy Policies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today accused the Biden administration of continuing to slow walk the permitting and lease sales for offshore energy production, to the detriment of...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FLIGHTS

Miss. Senators Question DHS Secretary on Reports of Overnight Flights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday signed a letter requesting a full accounting of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities surrounding the relocation of illegal immigrants throughout the country.

The letter asks Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to...