CHRONIC Care Act, Which Includes Schatz-Wicker Telehealth Legislation, Set to Become LawWASHINGTON – Today, the Senate voted to pass a two-year budget deal that includes the CHRONIC Care Act,...
Wicker, Cochran Push for Critical Community Health Center Funding
Bipartisan Senate Support for Program as Congress Looks to Two-Year ExtensionWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., are part of a bipartisan majority calling on...
Wicker Calls on Senate to End Late-Term Abortions
‘Pain Capable’ Legislation Would End Abortions After 20 WeeksWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today spoke from the Senate floor in support of the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child...
Wicker, Cochran Urge More Medicare Prescription Transparency to Benefit Seniors, Local Pharmacies
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., are encouraging adoption of a plan to improve transparency in the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit program to aid...
Wicker Encouraged by Trump Administration Actions to Protect Religious Conscience
Proposed Rule Changes Would Roll Back Obama-Era Protections for Abortion ProvidersWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following statement in response to the...
Wicker Convenes Hearing on Artificial Intelligence Technologies
Miss. State Professor Testifies Before Senate Technology PanelWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the...
Wicker Statement on President Trump’s Choice for HHS Secretary
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump nominated Alex Azar to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services...
National Institute on Aging Advances Wicker’s ‘EUREKA’ Plan
Agency Begins Implementation of Prize-Based Competition to Find Alzheimer’s CureWASHINGTON – The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has begun the process of implementing U.S. Senator Roger Wicker’s,...
Wicker: Advancing the Internet of Things in Rural America
UMMC’s Telehealth Center Director Testifies Before Senate PanelWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the...
Wicker Explores Options to Expand Rural Broadband With Satellite Technology
Senator Seeks Multi-Technology Solution to Close Digital DivideWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,...