On Election Day, We Honor Our History and Those Who Have Fought to Protect Our Freedom“A republic, if you can keep it.” Those were the famous words of Benjamin Franklin after the Constitutional...
Miss. Delegation Requests Presidential Medal of Freedom for Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers
WASHINGTON – The Mississippi congressional delegation today requested that President Obama posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Medgar Wiley Evers, the distinguished civil rights...
Wicker Votes to Clear Path for 9/11 Families Seeking Justice
Senate Successfully Overrides Obama’s Veto for the First TimeWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after voting to override President Obama’s veto of...
Wicker Selects Pinelake Church as 2016 ‘Angel in Adoption’
Mississippi Church Leader Accepts Award in WashingtonWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today presented Scott Wiggins of Pinelake Church with the 2016 “Angels in Adoption” award for...
Wicker, Klobuchar: FDA Announces Accelerated Approval for First Drug to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
WASHINGTON – Following efforts from U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has accelerated approval for the...
Wicker Statement on 15th Anniversary of 9/11
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement ahead of the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which took the lives of nearly 3,000...
Wicker Launches Book Donation Program
Portion of Senate Collection Will Go to Mississippi LibrariesFormer first lady Laura Bush was wise to say that "the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card." Our public libraries offer...
Wicker Applauds Mississippi Athletes Heading to Rio
Summer Olympic Games Feature State All-Stars in Track and Field EventsFour athletes competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, call our state home. Ten others have connections...
Wicker: Senate Supermajority Backs EUREKA
Miss. Senator’s Proposal to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease Has 61 CosponsorsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., authored the “Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer’s...
Senate Committee Approves Medgar Evers Home Legislation
Wicker-Cochran Bill Authorizes Study on Adding Home of Slain Civil Rights Leader to National Park SystemWASHINGTON – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this morning approved...