RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 26, 2023: Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a coalition of 22 Attorneys General urging Congressional leaders to pass legislation giving states the authority to jam contraband cell phones. "Contraband cell phones are already illegal and pose a significant threat to safety and security at correctional facilities - but the reality is that they exist and are prev  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 26 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging congressional leaders to pass legislation to give states the authority to use phone-jamming systems in prison. Last year, Attorney General Moody's Statewide Prosecutors worked with state and federal law enforcement agencies to shut down a massive fentanyl trafficking operation, where drug cartel members used contraband cellphones to issue orders from   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today renewed a legislative effort to fight actions taken by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to broaden the use of chemical abortion drugs. Hyde-Smith reintroduced the Support and Value Expectant (SAVE) Moms and Babies Act (S.95) on Thursday. This measure would reinstate the in-person dis  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release and letter on Jan. 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Congressman Bob Latta (R-Ohio) today led 75 of their colleagues from the Senate and House of Representatives in calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its illegal actions in promoting mail-order chemical abortion drugs. In a detailed letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., the lawmakers e  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Earlier this month, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memorandum claiming that abortion drugs can be mailed into states that prohibit abortions--directly violating existing law. In response, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning the Biden Administration's willingness to jeopardize the health and safety of women to further the left  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, issued the following news release and letter: In December, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) released a memorandum claiming that abortion drugs can be mailed into states that prohibit abortions - directly violating state law. Florida Congressman Daniel Webster, R-Clermont, joined Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and a bicameral group of members in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland condemning th  more