WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, commented on reports that Russia has unleashed its largest missile barrage on...
Senator Wicker Statement on President Biden’s Third Failed Attempt at the Gaza Pier Mission
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), responded to press reports that the Gaza pier has again been...
Putin-Kim Visit in North Korea Affirms the Immediate Need for NDAA Vote in the U.S. Senate
Senator Wicker again highlights growing alignment between “Axis of Aggressors”WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services...
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Advances Annual Defense Bill
Senator Wicker will use the bill to advance Mississippi and conservative provisionsWASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is advancing Congress’ annual defense bill. As...
SASC Completes Markup of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced that the Committee voted 22-3 to advance...
Senator Wicker Secures Topline Increase in NDAA Markup
Will increase defense investment by $25 billionWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., secured a $25 billion increase to the defense budget topline during the U.S. Senate Armed Services...
Senator Wicker Statement on Return of Pier Components to Gaza
WASHINGTON – After breaking apart and scattering across the Mediterranean coast last week, components of the Gaza pier have been gathered, repaired, and sent back out from the port of Ashdod in...
Senator Wicker: There is Really No Time to Waste, We Need to Get Started This Year
Announces he will offer an amendment to increase the defense budget topline WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services...
Senator Wicker Responds to Press Reports Indicating the Biden Administration Will Allow Ukraine to Conduct Limited Strikes inside Russia
WASHINGTON – Press reports indicate that the Biden administration will allow Ukraine to “use U.S.-supplied weapons for counter-fire purposes in the Kharkiv region so Ukraine can hit back against...
America’s Military Is Not Prepared for War — or Peace
“To be prepared for war,” George Washington said, “is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” President Ronald Reagan agreed with his forebear’s words, and peace through strength...