Statewide Travels Showcase Strong Work Ethic, Community SpiritFor more than four decades, Congress has set aside the month of August for lawmakers to spend time in their home states with their...
Wicker’s Muscular Dystrophy Legislation Passes the House
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., praised the passage of the “Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research & Education (MD CARE) Amendments of 2014,” H.R. 594, by the House...
Wicker & Cochran Introduce Telehealth Legislation
Rural Patients, Seniors Would Benefit from Technology, Changes to Payment SystemsWASHINGTON –U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., have introduced legislation to expand the...
Wicker: Presidential Overreach Represents Constitutional ‘Crisis’
Speaker Boehner Fights to Restore Checks and Balances With Lawsuit Against the PresidentThe U.S. Constitution clearly separates the powers granted to our three branches of government. This includes...
Wicker, Klobuchar: Key Committee Passes Bipartisan Muscular Dystrophy Legislation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., today announced that their bipartisan legislation to help improve the lives of patients with muscular dystrophy passed...
Wicker: Health-Care Premiums on the Rise Despite Obama’s Promises
Preliminary Estimates for Next Year Show Double-Digit Increases in Some StatesLast year, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) warned that the implementation of President Obama’s health-care law would be a...
Wicker Votes Against Democrat Bill to Reverse Hobby Lobby Ruling
Miss. Senator Cosponsors Alternative Legislation to Safeguard Religious Freedom, Protect Women’s Access to ContraceptivesWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted against a...
Wicker Unveils New Bill to Fight Human Trafficking
'End Trafficking Act' Would Empower Victims, Target PerpetratorsNo state in America is free from the stain of human trafficking – a rampant form of slavery that seems unimaginable in this day and...
Wicker Statement on Hobby Lobby Ruling
Miss. Senator Calls Landmark Case a ‘Victory’ for Religious FreedomWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled, by a vote of 5-4,...
Wicker, Manchin, Kirk, Nelson Introduce Bill to Reform Hospital Readmissions Program
Bipartisan group of senators introduce the ‘Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Mark Kirk, R-Ill.,...