WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted for the bipartisan Farm Bill, which passed by a vote of 68-32. The “Agricultural Act of 2014,” H.R. 2642, now goes to President Obama for...
Miss. Senators Say OSHA Must Follow the Law on Family Farm Reg Exemption
Agency Responds to Senators’ Concerns, Agrees to Revisit Grain Storage RulesWASHINGTON – Despite assurances that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will back off efforts to regulate...
Wicker & Cochran Demand Stop to OSHA Actions Against Small Farms
Labor Dept. Agency Circumvents 37-Year Prohibition on Regulating Family FarmsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today demanded that the Obama administration...
Wicker Calls on Administration to Cut Corn-Ethanol Mandate as Prices Surge
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), on Tuesday, joined a bipartisan group of Senators urging the Obama Administration to reduce the required amount of corn grain-ethanol for the...
COCHRAN & WICKER VOTE AGAINST 2012 FARM BILL
Senators Say Senate Bill Slights Southern Farmers, Offers Insufficient ProtectionWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted against the 2012 farm...
Cochran, Wicker Praise Demise of Proposed Youth Farm Worker Regulations
Senators Had Cosponsored Bill to Halt Labor Dept.’s Overreaching Farm Labor RestrictionsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today praised the Obama...
Cochran, Wicker Say Stop New Youth Farm Worker Regulations
Senators Cosponsor Bill to Halt Labor Department's Overreaching Farm Labor RestrictionsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today announced their...
Cochran and Wicker Promote Co-ops as Beneficial to Job Creation, Economic Growth
Bipartisan Resolution Designates 2012 as “International Year of Cooperatives”WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran today joined U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-N.D.) in introducing a Senate...
Giving Thanks to Mississippi Farmers
As many of us gather around the dinner table with family and friends this Thanksgiving, we often forget about the hard work that makes our holiday feast possible. I am not talking about my...
COCHRAN, WICKER COSPONSOR RESOLUTION MARKING 20th ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL RICE MONTH
Senate OKs Measure Focusing on Rice as Nutritional, Economic Asset in Mississippi & U.S.WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate has passed a resolution cosponsored by U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger...