Senate Resolution Highlights Mississippi HistoryThis year’s tricentennial of Natchez is a special moment for our state. The occasion marks the establishment of Fort Rosalie by French settlers in...
Wicker: Celebrating the Foresight of Our Founders
240 Years Ago, the Declaration of Independence Set Forth ‘Unalienable Rights’Today, planning for the Fourth of July often involves divvying up who is bringing what to the family cookout. Or figuring...
Miss. Senators Recognize Juneteenth Independence Day
Measure Highlights Historic End of Slavery in U.S.WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today honored the end of slavery by cosponsoring a resolution to...
Senators Honor 50th Anniversary of James Meredith’s Historic “March Against Fear”
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution authored by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., commemorating the 50th anniversary of James H. Meredith’s “March...
Wicker, Cochran Support Efforts to Renew Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., are supporting a proposal to reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act, a 2008 law that is set to...
Wicker, Cochran: Obama Transgender Directive Lacks the Force of Law
In Letter, 25 Senators Say Federal Law Does Not Require Schools to Follow GuidanceWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today signed a letter clarifying that...
Wicker Comments on Administration’s New Title IX ‘Guidance’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s new guidance to public schools related to Title IX protections:“It would be wrong...
Wicker, Heitkamp Encourage Support of 4-H
Senate Passes Bipartisan Measure Recognizing Benefits to Nation’s Youth, Promise of New InitiativeWASHINGTON – The Senate has unanimously approved a bipartisan resolution authored by U.S. Senators...
Mississippi Senators Cosponsor Fallen Heroes Flag Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today announced their support for legislation that would provide an American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol to the...
Mississippi Delegation Backs Federal Disaster Declaration
Lawmakers Call on Federal Gov’t to Send Aid in Wake of Storms, FloodsWASHINGTON – Mississippi’s congressional delegation today sent a letter to President Obama endorsing a federal disaster...