Senator Hyde-Smith has great respect and admiration for the law enforcement and first responder personnel who dedicate their lives to protecting the public.  As a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, she will continue to support programs and policies that enable these public servants to do their jobs more effectively.


HYDE-SMITH ISSUES 2025 POLICE WEEK TRIBUTE

HYDE-SMITH ISSUES 2025 POLICE WEEK TRIBUTE

Hyde-Smith Pays Tribute to Law Enforcement Officers, Honors Four Fallen Mississippians

051225 Police Week
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith’s 2025 Police Week Tribute.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today honored Mississippi’s law enforcement in a 2025 National Police Week tribute that also commemorates four Magnolia State officers added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Hyde-Smith’s tribute, which will also be entered...

SENS. HYDE-SMITH & KING INTRODUCE ‘SAVE HEALTHCARE WORKERS ACT’

SENS. HYDE-SMITH & KING INTRODUCE ‘SAVE HEALTHCARE WORKERS ACT’

Bipartisan Bill Would Set First Federal Criminal Penalties for Violence Against Healthcare Workers 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Angus King (I-Maine) on Monday introduced legislation to address escalating incidences of violence against healthcare workers by establishing federal criminal penalties for assaulting hospital employees.

The bipartisan Save Healthcare Workers Act (S.1600) would help...

HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR MAKING SEXUAL VIOLENCE A DEPORTABLE OFFENSE

HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR MAKING SEXUAL VIOLENCE A DEPORTABLE OFFENSE

Miss. Senator Again Sponsors ‘BE GONE Act’ to Change Immigration Law to Expedite Deportation of Sexual Predators

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has renewed her commitment to correct a shortcoming in the nation’s immigration laws by classifying sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence as felonies that would trigger deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of those crimes.

Hyde-Smith is...

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 82
(Senate - May 16, 2023) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, this week our Nation commemorates the 
2023 National Police Week and honors the brave men and women of law 
enforcement who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty...

BORDER SECURITY

BORDER SECURITY

Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 16
(Senate - January 25, 2023) PDF

  Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Madam President, I started the new year by joining 
Senator Blackburn of Tennessee and our new colleague Senator Britt of 
Alabama on a recent tour of the Del Rio Border Sector in Texas.

  We...