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HYDE-SMITH ISSUES THANKSGIVING MESSAGE

“It Has Not Been an Easy Year for Many Americans, but I Pray for a Brighter Future for Our Nation
with Faith that God Will Lead Us on the Right Path as Long as We Open Our Hearts to Him.”

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Issues Thanksgiving Message.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued a statement to commemorate Thanksgiving, encouraging Mississippians to give thanks for their many blessings despite troubling social and...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES AGAINST DEMS’ SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted against a Democrat same-sex marriage bill, which she deemed as unnecessary and a threat to religious freedoms.

Hyde-Smith opposed the Respect for Marriage Act (HR.8404), which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and any rule or regulation that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.  The U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 deemed the Defense of Marriage Act...

IN BUILD UP TO WRITING AG PRODUCTION LAW, HYDE-SMITH ADDRESSES AT-RISK RURAL HOSPITALS
 
Senate Ag Committee Hosts 2023 Farm Bill Hearing Focused on Rural Development Programs

Video:  Senator Hyde-Smith Questions USDA Requirements to Access Federal Aid for Rural Hospitals.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a hearing in the building up to writing the nation’s agriculture production law, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today used the dire outlook of rural hospitals in Mississippi to show why the 2023...

HYDE-SMITH ISSUES VETERANS DAY STATEMENT

Encourages Mississippians to Become More Engaged with Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who is scheduled to mark Veterans Day at a ceremony in Ridgeland, today issued a statement in advance of the national holiday to encourage Mississippians to become more engaged with veterans.

 “Each Veterans Day, our nation comes together to remember, honor, and thank the brave men and women who have fought selflessly to defend our...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH APPLAUD $185 MILLION IN TAX CREDITS TO PROMOTE JOBS IN DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES

Four Miss. Institutions Guaranteed New Market Tax Credit Program Resources

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), members of the Senate Community Development Finance Caucus, today applauded the award of $185 million in New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) to four Mississippi-based institutions that will use it as leverage to support economic growth in...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘RURAL JOBS ACT’

Bipartisan Bill Would Focus New Market Tax Credits toward Fighting Rural Poverty, Creating Jobs 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to put greater focus on using New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) to increase job-creating investments in rural communities.

The Rural Jobs Act (S.1671) would expand upon the U.S. Treasury Department program by designating $500 million in NMTC investments for “Rural...

MISS. SENATORS REPORT $4.5 MILLION IN COPS GRANTS FOR MISS.

Justice Dept. Awards Include $3.0 Million for School Violence Prevention in Seven Districts 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reported the award of $4.5 million to Mississippi through the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.

Seven school districts in Mississippi will share $3.0 million in School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) grant...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES OPPOSE ILLEGAL VA-PROVIDED ABORTIONS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined 11 other Republican senators and 26 members of the House of Representatives in a public comment letter expressing strong opposition to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) interim final rule (IFR) that illegally allows abortions to be offered by the VA. 
 
The lawmakers cite the VA’s explicit statutory prohibition on abortion...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES URGE FTC TO COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS  

Lawmakers Seek Commitment to Finish Probe into Schemes Linked to High Prescription Drug Costs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is part of a bipartisan effort to ensure the Federal Trade Commission completes an investigation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for potential market manipulation tactics and other anticompetitive practices that increase the cost of prescription drugs...