WASHINGTON – Being forced to pay union dues as a condition for employment could be a thing of the past through legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran,...
Wicker: EPA’s Power Plant Rule Most ‘Blatant Overreach’ to Date
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today said that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed carbon dioxide...
Wicker, Cochran Question Legality of Flood Standards Executive Order
Senators Ask President for Information to Showing Adherence to Restrictions in FY2015 Omnibus BillWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today indicated that...
Wicker Statement on Proposed Internet Rules
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today issued the following statement regarding Federal...
Wicker Receives EPW Subcommittee Assignments
Miss. Senator Positioned to Fight Gov’t Overreach and Address Nation’s Infrastructure NeedsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has been chosen by Senate Environment and Public Works...
Wicker: Federal Spending on an Unsustainable Course
Interest Payments on Debt Are Poised to Become Third-Largest ExpenditureFor 40 years, the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has provided economic analyses and cost estimates to assist...
Wicker Statement on President Obama’s Budget
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2016:“President...
Wicker Votes to Approve Keystone XL
Pipeline Bill One Step Closer to Becoming RealityWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., voted today to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The measure passed the Senate...
Wicker: Tax Reform Should Boost Jobs, Not Drive More Gov’t Spending
GOP Congress Makes the Case for a Simpler Tax Code That Empowers WorkersPresident Obama is pitching more of the same tax-and-spend proposals – this time to a Republican majority in Congress. In his...
Miss. Lawmakers Ask State Dept. to Promote U.S. Rice with Iraq
Delegation Suggests Iraq Could Benefit from Competitively-Priced U.S. RiceWASHINGTON – Members of the Mississippi congressional delegation today asked Secretary of State John Kerry to help encourage...