Miss. Senators Help Shape Oil Spill Recovery, Flood Insurance & Levee Protection ProvisionsWASHINGTON, D.C. – Merged legislation to extend federal highway and national flood insurance programs...
Wicker Provision Included in NFIP Reauthorization
Legislation Uses Data to Help Determine Water Damage from HurricanesWASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) applauded passage of afive-year reauthorization of the National Flood...
Wicker Challenges President’s Regulatory War on Coal
EPA’s Utility MACT Rule Would Drive Electricity Prices Higher, Put American Jobs at RiskDespite a weak economy and high unemployment, the Obama Administration continues to push for regulations that...
Wicker Supports NFIP Extension, Pushes for Long-Term Reforms
Miss. Senator Supports Using Data to Help Determine Water Damage from HurricanesWASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today supported a 60-day extension of the National Flood...
Mississippi Lawmakers Critical of EPA Ozone Non-Compliance Decision for DeSoto County
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, in addition to Representative Alan Nunnelee, today expressed their disappointment with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Cochran and Wicker: EPA & Army Corps Out of Bounds with Clean Water Act “Guidance”
Senators Cosponsor Bill to Block Bid to Expand Waters Subject to Clean Water LawWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today announced their support for...
Wicker Presses Feinberg for Quicker Responses, Increased Accountability for Gulf Claims
“Mr. Feinberg’s group was set up specifically to assist those impacted by the oil spill, so these issues must be resolved.”WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today met with Gulf...
Senators Push for Tax Relief to Help Gulf Coast Residents Recover From Oil Spill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan group of eight lawmakers representing Gulf Coast states urged the Senate to include tax relief for victims of the BP oil spill in any tax legislation package moving...
MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION SAYS MISSISSIPPI FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS MAY BE HARMED BY CHINESE DUMPING TACTICS
Delegation Seeks Antidumping Probe Related to U.S. Wooden Furniture ProductionWASHINGTON, D.C. – Several members of the Mississippi congressional delegation today asked federal authorities to...
Wicker Delivers Weekly Republican Address to the Nation
Oil Spill Response by Administration Becoming More TroublingI was asked to give the Republican Address this week and wanted to share the text with you in place of my regular report from...