{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lee.senate.gov/2026/5/lee-cosponsors-blue-act-with-protections-against-doxxing-police-officers", "Lee Cosponsors BLUE Act with Protections Against Doxxing Police Officers", "2026-05-18", "2026", "2026-05", "Republican", "Senate", "UT", "Mike Lee", "L000577", "www.lee.senate.gov", "mikelee", "https://www.lee.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) cosponsored the Blocking Leaks Undermining Law Enforcement (BLUE) Act during National Police Week with Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) to protect law enforcement officers from being doxxed. This legislation would shield federal law enforcement officers and their families from credible violent threats by prohibiting the sharing of their personal information and location with intent to obstruct, interfere with, or retaliate against their lawful duties.\n\n\u201cViolent anti-police protestors are purposely endangering our law enforcement officers and their families with doxxing and threats,\u201d said Senator Mike Lee. \u201cTo protect the patriots who keep us safe, the BLUE Act will outlaw sharing their personal information with the intention of obstructing or retaliating against their police work. As politicized threats against their lives increase, this change will provide the legal shield that our law enforcement officers and their families need to continue protecting Americans every day.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt is despicable that radical left-wing protesters are routinely attacking federal law enforcement officers who risk their lives every day to protect Americans,\u201d said Senator Rick Scott. \u201cDemocrats continue protecting criminal illegal aliens and their radical left-wing defenders instead of the law enforcement officers keeping our communities safe. Trump Derangement Syndrome and years of \u2018defund the police\u2019 rhetoric has gone too far, and the BLUE Act protects law enforcement officers doing their jobs and keeps their families\u2019 identities safe. I proudly stand with federal law enforcement and against the lunatics putting public safety at risk.\u201d\n\nThe BLUE Act is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Budd (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), and endorsed by the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA).\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s increasingly clear that the Radical Left doesn\u2019t believe in law and order and will do anything to stop the law from being enforced,\u201d said Senator Tommy Tuberville. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen repeated attacks on our brave law enforcement officers, including the ICE agents who are carrying out President Trump\u2019s agenda to remove illegal criminals. Revealing officers\u2019 personal locations\u2014whether they\u2019re on duty or not\u2014is extremely dangerous to their safety. If you do anything to put a law enforcement officer in harm\u2019s way, your butt needs to be thrown in jail. As we recognize National Police Week this week, I\u2019m proud to join the BLUE Act with Sen. Rick Scott to further protect those who put their lives on the line to keep us safe.\n\n\u201cAttacks on federal law enforcement are at an all time high, with perpetrators becoming increasingly more brazen in targeted physical and doxing attacks on officers and their families. That is why we are grateful to the leadership of Sen. Scott to advance the \u2018BLUE Act\u2019 during National Police Week. This is a common sense bill to ensure appropriate penalties for those who seek to undermine public safety, and we urge Congress to swiftly send it to President Trump\u2019s desk.\u201d \u2013 Mathew Silverman, National President, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA)\n\nThe Blue Act:\n\nCreates a new criminal prohibition: Makes it illegal to share certain protected information about a federal law enforcement officer when done with intent to obstruct, interfere with, or retaliate against their official duties or proceedings.\n\nExpands what information is protected: Clarifies that, for federal law enforcement officers, protected information includes not just personal details but also their current or expected physical locations, whether on or off duty.\n\nRead exclusive coverage by Townhall here.\n\nRead the full text of the bill here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-05-19T06:31:01Z", "2026-05-19T06:32:40Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.lee.senate.gov/2026/5/lee-cosponsors-blue-act-with-protections-against-doxxing-police-officers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.810760935768485, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}