Support legislation to increase penalties for people who attack law enforcement officers, federal judges, or other federal public safety officers.

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

Hyde-Smith said she continues to support the Back the Blue Act, which would increase penalties for attacks on law enforcement and other federal public safety officers.

News Releases | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
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Hyde-Smith's official issue page says she has 'great respect and admiration for the law enforcement and first responder personnel' and that she will continue to support 'programs and policies' that help them do their jobs more effectively. The same page also shows a Feb. 4, 2026 release on her support for the 'Making National Parks Safer Act,' a public-safety bill she cosponsored.

Official office material confirms Hyde-Smith remains publicly supportive of law-enforcement and public-safety legislation, but it does not identify the specific penalty-increase bill in the claim.

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Law Enforcement & Public Safety | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
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Hyde-Smith's office announced that she joined Senators Bill Cassidy and Marsha Blackburn in reintroducing the Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act, which would impose criminal penalties including a fine and prison time for leaking confidential Supreme Court information. The same issue page also says she joined Senate colleagues in passing the HALT Fentanyl Act to give law enforcement and prosecutors a tool against crime and overdoses.

This is the clearest official evidence on Hyde-Smith taking punitive legislative action in a public-safety context, but it is not the specific law-enforcement-attack penalties bill named in the claim.

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Law Enforcement & Public Safety | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
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Reporting on the post-Renee Good legislative response says Senator John Cornyn had signed onto GOP legislation to increase the penalty for people who use vehicles to attack law enforcement, and that the measure would raise the maximum prison term for assaulting law enforcement with a deadly weapon and add a mandatory minimum for serious vehicle-related attacks.

This shows the broader Republican penalty-increase effort was active in the current Congress, but the article does not provide Hyde-Smith-specific sponsorship or a vote on the exact bill.

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Sen. John Cornyn moves to increase penalties for attacks on law enforcement after Renee Good shooting
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