EXCLUSIVE — New bipartisan legislation set to be filed Tuesday by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and first previewed by the Washington Examiner would elevate certain attacks on first responders to a federal crime, likely accompanied by harsher prosecution and stiffer penalties.
The Graham Hoffman Act comes in the wake of several first responders being killed in the line of duty this year. It is named after the Kansas City paramedic-firefighter whom a patient fatally stabbed in April.
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