Wicker, Hyde-smith, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Combat Crime

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U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today joined colleagues to introduce a resolution calling on the Biden administration to work with Congress to develop a plan to combat the rise in violent crime across the United States and address the crisis at the southern border.

The resolution, offered as the nation honors National Police Week, cited the record-setting rise in violent crime across the nation, including a 59 percent increase in murders of police officers in 2021. It also details the effect the ongoing border crisis on crime rates and illegal drug trafficking.

The resolution was led by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-La. In addition to Wicker and Hyde-Smith, cosponsors include Senators Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Martha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Mike Braun, R-Ind., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., John Cornyn, R-Texas, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Steve Daines, R-Mont., Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., John Hoeven, R-N.D., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., James Lankford, R-Okla., Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Rick Scott, R-Fla., Tim Scott, R-S.C., Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., John Kennedy, R-La., and Todd Young, R-Ind.

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