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HYDE-SMITH, LANKFORD ACT TO STOP TAXPAYERS FROM PAYING FOR ABORTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday joined U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) in introducing legislation that would give states the authority to exclude abortion providers, like Planned Parenthood, from receiving state Medicaid funds.

The Women’s Public Health and Safety Act (S.471) would amend current law that requires states to allow any qualified provider to participate in a state’s...

HYDE-SMITH CALLS OUT ‘MEATLESS’ TREND IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Says Don’t Sacrifice Student Nutrition on the Altar of Climate Activism.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Thursday called out school systems that are moving to remove meat from their federally-subsidized school lunch and breakfast programs.

Hyde-Smith delivered the remarks at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing titled, Farm Bill 2023:  Nutrition Programs.

“For years, popular...

A YEAR AFTER UKRAINE INVADED, HYDE-SMITH SAYS MORE U.S. ENERGY KEY TO GLOBAL STABILITY

Hearing Witness Says Biden Energy Policies, European Dependence on Russian Energy Emboldened Putin

 
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Looks at Lessons Learned a Year After Ukraine Invaded.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said global energy disruptions caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine should serve as a lesson that more U.S. oil and natural gas production is necessary...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN EFFORT TO STOP LATEST EPA EMISSIONS RULE ON HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced their support for legislation to overturn an excessive Biden administration regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 33 cosponsors of a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval (S.J.Res.11) introduced by U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) that would overturn a far...

MISS. LAWMAKERS URGE AIR FORCE TO KEEP T-1A AIRCRAFT IN SERVICE

Hyde-Smith, Wicker, Kelly & Guest Argue Aircraft Still Needed for Pilot Training

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representatives Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today urged the U.S. Air Force to delay divesting itself of the T-1A aircraft until a new service-wide training curriculum and new training aircraft are ready for delivery.

The Mississippi...

HYDE-SMITH & PFLUGER LEAD BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF IN CHALLENGE TO FDA CHEMICAL ABORTION REGIMEN

67 Lawmakers Sign Brief that Spotlights Risks to Women, Girls in FDA Disregard of the Law 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas-11) today led 13 Senators and 54 Representatives in signing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs.

The...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN FIGHT AGAINST VA-FUNDED ABORTIONS

Miss. Senators Join Bicameral Effort to Overturn Illegal Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) joined more than 65 colleagues in introducing a bicameral joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify an illegal U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that provides abortion services through the taxpayer-funded VA health care system. 

The CRA...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Under Looming Debt Ceiling Fight, 23 Cosponsors Join Miss. Senator in Renewed Push to Amend the U.S. Constitution to Force Annual Balanced Federal Budgets, Fight Debt

 
VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Discusses Why the U.S. Needs a Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With a looming battle over the nation’s debt and borrowing authority, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) with 23 cosponsors has introduced...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES WOMEN’S BILL OF RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced a resolution to establish a Women’s Bill of Rights to affirm legal protections afforded to women under federal law.

Hyde-Smith’s resolution and a companion measure introduced Thursday by U.S. Representative Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) asserts that a women’s bill of rights is warranted given “recent misguided rulings relating to the definition of ‘sex’ have led to the...

HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE UNION

Blames Biden for Dissatisfaction among Americans, Says Change of Course Needed to Restore Sense of Security Expected by Citizens

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on the State of the Union.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), in response to President Biden’s second State of the Union address, tonight said there are solid reasons why the American people are expressing dissatisfaction with their current situation—all of...