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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WANT ANSWERS AS HAITIAN MIGRANTS RELEASED INTO U.S.

Thirty-Eight Senators Say Biden Administration Violated Pledge to Remove Most from Recent Crisis at Del Rio Port of Entry 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined 36 colleagues in demanding an explanation of how most of the thousands of Haitian migrants recently encamped at the Del Rio, Texas, port of entry were released into the interior of the United States...

HYDE-SMITH HONORS MISS. WWII MEDAL OF HONOR HEROES IN TRIBUTE TO LAST SURVIVING RECIPIENT

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Honors World War II Medal of Honor Recipients.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today saluted the World War II Medal of Honor recipients from Mississippi as part of a tribute for the last surviving veteran bestowed with that honor.

Hyde-Smith joined Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in a colloquy on the Senate floor to honor Hershel “Woody” Williams of...

HYDE-SMITH APPLAUDS $3.96 MILLION TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MISS.

DOJ Office of Violence Against Women Funding Supports Statewide, Community Anti-Violence, Intervention & Assistance Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded the award of more than $3.96 million in U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) funding to support efforts to combat violence against women in Mississippi.

The DOJ Office on Violence Against Women approved the FY2021...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR BILL TO PROTECT DISASTER RELIEF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to provide legal protection to individual medical professionals who volunteer during federally declared disasters.

The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act would amend a 24-year-old law by broadening protections for persons who volunteer independently of a formally recognized...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES PRESS BIDEN TO NAME A FEDERAL CO-CHAIR FOR DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

Filling Position Would Promote Greater Opportunities in Eight-State Delta Region

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined colleagues in asking President Biden to name a Federal Co-Chair to the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), a position needed to allow the organization to fully use its ability to make investments in the eight-state Delta Region.

Hyde-Smith joined Senators...