WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., with U.S. Representative Michael Guest, R-Miss., today welcomed the award of more than $5.26 million to boost rural...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Promote National School Choice Week
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today helped introduce a Senate resolution designating Jan. 24-30, 2021, as National School Choice Week. The...
Wicker Supports Coronavirus Relief Package
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following statement ahead of a vote to advance a coronavirus relief package. The legislation will be included as part of a...
Wicker, Kaine, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Expand Minority Business Support to Rural Areas
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., along with U.S. Senators Tim Scott, R-S.C., Chris Coons, D-Del, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., introduced the “Reaching America’s...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Encourage Students to Apply for U.S. Senate Youth Program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today encouraged Mississippi juniors and seniors involved in student leadership to apply for the 2021 U.S. Senate...
Wicker Encourages Schools to Reopen With Caution
Following Health Protocols Will Help Prevent Surge in CasesWith summer coming to a close, school buses are making the rounds again as children head back to school. But for thousands of Mississippi...
Wicker Commends Class of 2020, Outlines Relief for Schools and Students
Our Education System Is Adapting to the COVID-19 CrisisThis month, thousands of young people across Mississippi are celebrating their graduation from high school or college. Normally they would have...
Wicker’s JROTC Act Provides New Opportunities
High School Cadets More Likely to Graduate, Attend CollegeThe experience of serving in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) programs can have real benefits. A Rand Corporation study found...
Wicker Looks Ahead to the 2020s
Solid Fundamentals Give Reasons for OptimismThe 2020s have begun, and this decade has the potential for solid progress. Communities should be able to grow and develop alongside businesses small and...
Wicker, Brown, Capito, & Sinema Celebrate Senate Passage of Legislation to Promote Physical Activity
Bipartisan Proposal Will Guarantee Regular Updates to Federal Exercise GuidelinesWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Kyrsten...