WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported committee passage of legislation she cosponsored to improve public safety by updating 911 emergency call capabilities inside the National Park System.
Hyde-Smith serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that approved the Making National Parks Safer Act (S.290) on a voice vote Wednesday. Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the bipartisan measure, which was introduced by U.S. Senator John Barrasso, M.D. (R-Wyo.).
"Our national parks are wonderful and beautiful public assets, but they can also be dangerous. We have the technology to make our national parks safer, which is why we want th...