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, 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, 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 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...

Officials respond to second Trump assassination attempt

DeSoto County News

Officials respond to second Trump assassination attempt

By Bob Bakken

A man is in custody in Florida after an apparent second assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump Sunday afternoon.  The FBI is investigating the incident at Trump’s Florida golf club...

Work ready to begin on Saltillo’s first stand-alone fire station

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Work ready to begin on Saltillo’s first stand-alone fire station

By William Moore

SALTILLO – Dirt work could begin on the construction of the city of Saltillo’s first stand-alone fire station as soon as this month.

“Everything is on schedule. I’ve...