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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Friday June 14, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Crapo, Risch, Hyde-Smith Introduce Measure to Stop Biden's Radical Title IX Changes
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to protect Title IX from a radical Biden Administration rule that tramples on rights given to girls and women for decades. ?The resolution, if passed, would overturn the U.S. Department of Education final rule titled "Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Ed  more

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO HELP FIGHT INFERTILITY
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Proposes Putting Greater Focus on Using Existing Programs to Promote Restorative Reproductive Medicine Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, will today introduce legislation to support genuine solutions to infertility and empower couples with autonomy over how they build their families. The Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE)  more

HYDE-SMITH TAKES HEART, ABORTION PILL FIGHT WILL GO ON DESPITE DISAPPOINTING SCOTUS RULING
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which challenged FDA deregulation of chemical abortion drugs. The court ruled that the plaintiffs lacked legal grounds to file the case, but did not rule on the merits or subst  more

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES CONDEMN EVISCERATION OF AMERICAN JUDICIAL PROCESS, TRUMP CONVICTION
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Hyde-Smith Joins Senator Rand Paul, Others in Sending Scathing Letter to AG Merrick Garland Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and others in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the evisceration of the American judicial process and the conviction of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan. Read the letter signed by 29 Senator  more

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson Announces New Program to Help Rural Hospitals Defend Against Rising Cybersecurity Attacks
BOLTON, Mississippi, June 14 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS02) announced a new cybersecurity program, provided by Microsoft, that will support Greenwood Leflore and Sharkey Issaquena Hospitals in Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District and better help protect them from cyberattacks. Today's news was announced in close collaboration with the hospitals, the White House, the American Hospital Association, and  more