Law Enforcement & Public Safety

MISS. DELEGATION:  MEDGAR EVERS DESERVES PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Mike Ezell (R-Miss.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. 

Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson on June 12...

HYDE-SMITH JOINS LETTER ASKING DHS, FBI TO PRIORITIZE ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Members of Bipartisan Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism Call for Greater Protection of Jewish Americans, Religious Institutions & Organizations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today signed a bipartisan, bicameral letter seeking greater resources and federal coordination to help protect the safety and security of Jewish Americans, religious institutions and organizations as acts...

OFFICE OF SEN. HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT REGARDING SUNDAY SHOOTING INCIDENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding an incident that occurred at the Senator’s home in Brookhaven on Sunday, October 22:

“An incident involving a shooting occurred near the home of Senator Hyde-Smith early Sunday afternoon.  The Senator and her family were not harmed.  Senator Hyde-Smith is grateful for the concern shown by many and the good...