WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) last week joined U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in introducing legislation to repeal the natural gas tax included in the Biden administration's climate change law. S.4405 would repeal the section of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that authorizes a new fee on methane emissions from certain types of facilities in the oil and gas sector. The fee is a tax that escal  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following commentary on May 29, 2024: * * * America's Military Is Not Prepared for War -- or Peace "To be prepared for war," George Washington said, "is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." President Ronald Reagan agreed with his forebear's words, and peace through strength became a theme of his administration. In the past four decades, the American arsenal helped secure that peace, but political neglect has l  more