Efforts Underway in Courts, Congress to Overturn Administration’s Unlawful Clean Power PlanLegal action has swiftly followed the President’s so-called “Clean Power Plan,” which was recently...
Wicker Rural Water Bill Passes Key House Subcommittee
Bipartisan Legislation Would Help Small Communities Meet Safe Drinking Water StandardsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., made the following statement regarding yesterday’s passage of...
Wicker Works to Block Costly EPA Regulations
Miss. Senator Joins Efforts to Overturn Extreme ‘Clean Power Plan’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., is supporting two measures aimed at blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Wicker Encourages Mississippians to ‘Find Your Park’
National Park Service Launches Campaign to Celebrate 2016 CentennialFall foliage and milder temperatures make this season a wonderful time to spend outdoors with family and friends. We live in a...
Miss. Senators Introduce Medgar Evers Home Legislation
Bill Would Authorize Study on Adding Home of Slain Civil Right Leader to National Park SystemWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today introduced legislation...
Wicker: Putting the Continuing Resolution Into Perspective
Funding Measure Came With the Good, Bad, and UglyOn the last day of the fiscal year, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 11. Such a measure is...
Wicker Says New Ozone Rule Costly and Unachievable for Many
Jackson, DeSoto Counties Now at Risk of Non-AttainmentWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today stated that new ozone standards issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could...
Wicker, Cochran Encourage Public Comment on Restore Act Rule
One-Month Public Comment Period for Rule Governing BP Oil Spill Funds for Mississippi, Gulf Coast StatesWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today encouraged...
Wicker Questions Army Official on WOTUS Rule
Miss. Senator Implies Imbalanced Review Process of RegulationWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today questioned Jo-Ellen...
Wicker Awarded Cancer Advocacy Honor
Miss. Senator Receives American Cancer Society’s Highest National AwardWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today received the National Distinguished Advocacy Award from the American...