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HYDE-SMITH SIGNS ONTO BILL TO PROTECT SENIORS’ ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Physician Fee Stabilization Act is Bipartisan Effort to Reform Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Benefit Rural States

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week cosponsored a bipartisan effort to update and reform the Medicare physician fee schedule in order to assure seniors’ access to health care services, particularly for those living in rural states like Mississippi.

The Physician Fee...

HYDE-SMITH, WARNOCK 2024 GOLD STAR FAMILIES REMEMBRANCE WEEK RESOLUTION PASSES SENATE 

Bipartisan Legislation Designates Sept. 22-28 as Gold Star Families Remembrance Week, Elevating National Recognition for Families of the Fallen

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) today praised Senate approval of their bipartisan resolution to establish Sept. 22-28, 2024, as Gold Star Families Remembrance Week.

Approved by unanimous...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $10.8 MILLION FOR MISS. LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY

Justice Department Allocates FY24 COPS Grants for Miss. Cities, Counties & Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today welcomed the award of more than $10.8 million through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to boost law enforcement in communities throughout Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith, as member of the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHT MISS. LITERACY PROGRESS AS SENATE PASSES NATIONAL RESOLUTION

Miss. Senators Cosponsored Bipartisan Resolution Designating September as National Literacy Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded unanimous Senate passage of a resolution that designates September 2024 as “National Literacy Month” and encourages greater strides to improve literacy for K-12 students nationwide.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES OVER $4.3 MILLION IN HUD GRANT FUNDING FOR HATTIESBURG

Competitive HUD Grants Will Address Public Housing Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Fire Safety Needs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $4.3 million to the City of Hattiesburg to address risks posed to public housing residents from lead-based paint and other housing-related hazards.

Hyde-Smith said the Hattiesburg Housing Authority will receive the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH URGE MISS. STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

Sept. 30 Deadline Set for High School Juniors & Seniors to Apply to Leadership Program 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippi high school juniors and seniors with student leadership roles to apply for the 2025 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP). 

The esteemed USSYP offers $10,000 college scholarships to two junior or senior students from...

MISS. SENATORS, COLLEAGUES TO NCAA:  KEEP BIOLOGICAL MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS

Senators Sign Letter Seeking NCAA Student-Athlete Policies that Protect Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today encouraged National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker to update the associate’s student-athlete participation policy to require that only biological women can participate in NCAA women’s sports.

The Mississippi...

HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES MISS. RURAL HEALTH, CAREER TRAINING IN LABOR-HHS FUNDING BILL

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY2025 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined her colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve a funding bill that will support Mississippi’s rural health and job training initiatives.

The FY2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Bill...