WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
In advance of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on Friday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today called attention to legislation she cosponsored to expand access to federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who pass away or become permanently disabled from service-related cancers.
Hyde-Smith cosponsored the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act (S.237) (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/237/text) to amend the federal Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program (https://bja.ojp.gov/program/psob) to recognize occupational cancer as a line-of-duty death or disability, a vital update to reflect t...