Southwest Region

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH OPPOSE GAS STOVE BAN, PRESS AGENCY FOR CLARIFICATION

Miss. Senators, Colleagues Warn CPSC to Avoid Regulatory Overreach 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today expressed their strong opposition to a suggested federal ban on gas stoves and pressed the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for clarification of the agency’s regulatory outlook.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith are among 10 Senators who wrote CPSC Chairman Alexander...

HYDE-SMITH, MERKLEY ANNOUNCE ESTABLISHMENT OF CDC OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today reported success in their efforts to establish an Office of Rural Health within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

After both Senators advocated for the formation of the office, language establishing the CDC Office of Rural Health was included in the FY2023 funding bill signed into law by President Biden in...

BLACKBURN, HYDE-SMITH, BRITT WITNESS HUMAN SMUGGLING AT SOUTHERN BORDER

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) along with U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.), as part of their review of U.S.-Mexico border conditions in the Del Rio Sector, witnessed firsthand human smugglers leading illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border.

“President Joe Biden has created a humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border,” said...