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, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE BILL TO PENALIZE SUPREME COURT LEAKERS
HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES REINTRODUCE BILL TO PENALIZE SUPREME COURT LEAKERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in reintroducing legislation that set criminal penalties for individuals who leak confidential information from the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act (S.1143) would impose a $10,000 fine and up to a 10-year prison sentence on those who leak...
HYDE-SMITH, COTTON INTRODUCE CELLPHONE JAMMING REFORM ACT
HYDE-SMITH, COTTON INTRODUCE CELLPHONE JAMMING REFORM ACT
Legislation Targets Contraband Use of Cellphones in Prison Facilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in introducing legislation to combat the illicit use of cellphones by prisoners in federal and state prisons.
The Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 (S.1137) would allow state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems to prevent inmates from using...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO KEEP FENTANYL A SCHEDULE I DRUG TO CURB OVERDOSES, DEATHS
HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO KEEP FENTANYL A SCHEDULE I DRUG TO CURB OVERDOSES, DEATHS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined her Senate colleagues in passing bipartisan legislation to ensure law enforcement and prosecutors continue to have a key tool needed to combat the scourge of crime, overdoses, and deaths caused by fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances.
The Senate voted 84-16 to approve the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act or HALT Fentanyl Act (S.331...
Senate GOP taking another crack at bill to criminalize SCOTUS leakers
Courthouse News Service
Senate GOP taking another crack at bill to criminalize SCOTUS leakers
First unveiled after a draft of the Supreme Court's 2022 abortion ruling leaked to the press, the proposed legislation would impose a $10,000 fine and 10-year prison sentence on anyone who shares...
Bills to Let Officers and LE Retirees Carry in No-Gun Zones Reintroduced in Congress
Police Magazine
Bills to Let Officers and LE Retirees Carry in No-Gun Zones Reintroduced in Congress
The legislation would permit LEOSA-qualified officers and law enforcement retirees to carry in state, local, and private property otherwise open to the public; national parks; certain federal...
New fire station being built on Air National Guard base
WAPT-TV Jackson
New fire station being built on Air National Guard base
The facility aims to help improve response times to base emergencies.
By Richard Bourne
JACKSON, Miss. — A local Mississippi National Guard base is receiving a new facility to help with fighting fires and other emergencies...
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...
DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN APPROVING THE REVISED CRIMINAL CODE ACT OF 2022
DISAPPROVING THE ACTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COUNCIL IN APPROVING THE REVISED CRIMINAL CODE ACT OF 2022
Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 44
(Senate - March 8, 2023) PDF
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH. Mr. President, I rise to express my support also for
the resolution of disapproval of the new soft...
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...