Power Grab Threatens to Infringe on the Rights of Mississippi’s Property OwnersA controversial new rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could expand...
Wicker, Cochran Sign on to Sportsmen’s Legislative Package
Bipartisan Sportsman’s Act Bundles Wicker, Cochran Legislation for Broader AppealWASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., both long-time members of the...
Wicker Opposes President Obama’s Latest EPA Overreach
New Regulations Would Increase Electricity Rates, Hurt Economic GrowthIn 2010, President Obama’s cap-and-trade legislation to regulate carbon dioxide emissions failed in Congress. The President...
Wicker, Cochran Call on President to Revoke New EPA Rules
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today signed a letter along with 39 Senators calling on President Obama to withdraw the recently announced Environmental...
Wicker: Draconian Climate Regulations Would Burden Miss. Farmers, Foresters
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today expressed his concerns with new Environment Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on carbon emissions during a Senate Environment and Public...
Wicker Applauds Final Passage of Water Resources Legislation
Approval of House-Senate Agreement Coincides With Positive News at Port of GulfportEarlier this month, Mississippi welcomed a new addition to the Port of Gulfport. McDermott International, which...
Wicker Delivers Senate Speech in Support of Water Resources Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today took to the Senate floor in support of the House-Senate agreement on the...
Wicker, Cochran: Congress Reaches Deal on Water Resources Bill
Miss. Senators Say Bill Would ‘Benefit State’s Water Infrastructure, Ports’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today said that a House-Senate agreement on a...
Wicker: Senate Ratifies Fishing Treaties
Miss. Senator Says Agreements Would Protect State’s Fishing IndustryWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced that the Senate has approved four treaties to combat illegal...
Wicker & Cochran Cosponsor Bill to Force EPA to Consider Economic Impact of Clean Air Rules
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss) today said they are cosponsoring legislation that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing...