Law Enforcement & Public Safety

HYDE-SMITH RENEWS SUPPORT FOR ‘BACK THE BLUE ACT’

Legislation Would Increase Penalties for Attacking Law Enforcement Officers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) renewed her support for legislation to increase penalties for criminals who attack law enforcement officers, federal judges, or other federal public safety officers.

Hyde-Smith is among 35 original cosponsors of the Back the Blue Act (S.3366), which was reintroduced by U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas).  Hyde...

HYDE-SMITH SEEKS ACTION TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE CRACKDOWN

Hyde-Smith Says Recent Tragedies Underscore Need for Federal, State Attention to Illegal Immigrants Driving Commercial Vehicles

 
VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith Addresses CDL Public Safety Issues.
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Delivers Speech on Abuse, Fraud in Issuing Commercial Driver’s Licenses Poses Critical Safety Issue for All Drivers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair...

GILLIBRAND, HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF THEIR LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today released the following statement on the House’s unanimous passage of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, which would enable survivors of human trafficking to have nonviolent offenses that they were forced to commit vacated and expunged:

“We applaud the House’s passage of our Trafficking...