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HYDE-SMITH NAMED TOP REPUBLICAN ON AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry U.S. today named U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) as the lead Republican of its Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security.

“I look forward to serving as the Ranking Member of this subcommittee as the Senate Agriculture Committee addresses the policies needed to strengthen the agricultural sector and...

MISSISSIPPI, MAINE DELEGATIONS LEAD BIPARTISAN CALL FOR ROBUST SHIPBUILDING BUDGET, LARGER NAVY FLEET

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Maine and Mississippi congressional delegations today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks urging them to provide unequivocal support to the long-standing and congressionally mandated requirement for a larger Navy fleet.

More ships—and a strong shipbuilding industrial base—are vital to the United...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $20.5 MILLION IN COVID-19 FUNDING TO ADDRESS MISS. MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of almost $20.5 million in COVID-19 funding to address mental health and substance abuse problems in Mississippi.

Specifically, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health will receive $12,938,191 in Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SABG) funding and $7,556,583 in Community Mental Health...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT FAITH-BASED FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS

Miss. Senators Take an Important Step to Protect Religious Freedom

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined their colleagues in introducing the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act to protect child welfare providers from being discriminated against for acting in accordance with their deeply held religious beliefs.

“Faith-based adoption and foster care...

HYDE-SMITH, GOSAR INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO BLOCK STATE GUN REGISTRIES

Lawmakers Offer ‘GRIP Act’ in Continued Effort to Protect Gun Owners’ Privacy Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (R-Ariz.) today introduced the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to prohibit states, localities, or any other organization from using federal funding to maintain gun registries.

The GRIP Act would clarify...