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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CONTEST BIDEN’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN IN AMICUS BRIEF TO SUPREME COURT

Miss. Senators Among 43 Republicans Supporting Constitutional Challenges to Loan Forgiveness Play 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 43 Republican Senators who filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States, supporting respondents in the dual Supreme Court cases challenging Biden’s student-loan debt relief program...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & COLLEAGUES CHALLENGE BIDEN WOTUS RULE 

Republican Senators Oppose Massive Government Overreach by Biden’s EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined all of their Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval.

S.J.Res.7 was introduced in response to a new WOTUS...

MISS. SENATORS JOIN CHALLENGE TO BIDEN RULE POLITICIZING AMERICANS’ 401(k)s 

Wicker, Hyde-Smith Seek to Overturn Rule that Encourages Retirement Investments Based on Biden’s Woke Ideological Preferences

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week moved to prevent the Biden administration from enforcing a rule that would encourage fiduciaries to support progressive environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) priorities over seeking...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS TIM SCOTT’S BILL TO PROTECT PARENTAL RIGHTS, COMBAT INDOCTRINATION IN SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she is cosponsoring U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s legislation to protect parental rights and prevent school administrators from concealing information about students’ gender from their parents.

The Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their (PROTECT) Kids Act (S.200) would restrict federal funding for any elementary or...

HYDE-SMITH REFUTES ROSY WHITE HOUSE TALES, SAYS FAMILIES CAN’T AFFORD BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

In Advance of Biden’s State of the Union Speech, Miss. Senator Says Americans Understand When Things Aren’t Going Well

VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Counters White House Economic Spin, Sides with Families.
VIDEO:  Complete Hyde-Smith Speech.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of next week’s State of the Union Address, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today refuted rosy White House economic scenarios that...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES DEFEND NATIONAL SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS 

Constitutional Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Bill Reintroduced with 45 Senate Sponsors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in reintroducing the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.

The legislation would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR ‘JOBS ACT’ TO MAKE PELL GRANTS ELIGIBLE FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday cosponsored bipartisan legislation to help more Americans secure better-paying jobs by allowing students to use federal Pell Grants to afford high-quality, shorter-term job training programs.

The Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act (S.161) would expand Pell Grant eligibility in...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO MANDATE E-VERIFY FOR ALL EMPLOYERS

Requiring E-Verify of All Employers Would Help Put American Workers First 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in reintroducing legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce.

The Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act would permanently authorize and expand the E-Verify...

HYDE-SMITH TAKES DOUBLE-BARRELED AIM AT ATF PISTOL BRACE RULE

Cosponsors Two Measures to Overturn Rule that Subjects More Firearms to Unconstitutional Registry, Tax & Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today took double-barreled aim at a Biden administration rule that will subject millions of law-abiding firearm owners to registration, taxation, and regulation requirements that violate their constitutional Second Amendment rights.

Hyde-Smith is an original...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO BLOCK DEFENSE DEPT. GREEN NEW DEAL MANDATES

Legislation Challenges DoD Plan Linking Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Federal Contracts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she is cosponsoring legislation to stop a U.S. Department of Defense proposal to impose new Green New Deal-like requirements on federal contractors.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Focus on the Mission Act (S.27), which would prohibit the Defense...