WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today added her voice to calls for the U.S. Department of Labor to drop an overbearing proposed heat rule written by the Biden administration and instead develop pragmatic solutions for businesses to follow to protect their workers from heat-related hazards.
Hyde-Smith joined U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and others in issuing a letter (https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2026-03/031126%20DOL%20OSHA%20Heat%20Rule%20Letter.pdf) to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer that outlines numerous problems in the 376-page proposed Biden-era Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule (http...