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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Friday March 01, 2024 ( 3 items )  

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO AID MISSISSIPPIANS HARD-HIT BY PINE BEETLE, DROUGHT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: USDA Secretary Pledges to Work with Miss. Senator to Address Ongoing Forestry Disaster VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Secures USDA Secretary Support for Pine Beetle Battle in Afflicted Mississippi Forests. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation to increase the ability of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help Mississippians combat the growing s  more

HYDE-SMITH, PFLUGER LEAD BICAMERAL BRIEF TO SUPREME COURT CHALLENGING FDA DEREGULATION OF CHEMICAL ABORTION DRUGS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Representative August Pfluger (R-Texas-11) today led the filing a friend-of-the-court brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that challenges the federal government's deregulation of chemical abortion drugs. Signed by 26 Senators and 119 House members, the lawmakers' bicameral amicus brief in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance f  more

Senator Wicker Leads Armed Services Republicans in Nuclear, Space Posture Hearing
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, led his colleagues in examining the efforts of U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Space Command to defend our Nation against some of the most dangerous military threats imaginable. In his opening remarks, Senator Wicker stated that this administration's nuclear policies have not kept pace with an incr  more