Measure Intended to Increase Small Business Access to Investment CapitalWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted for Senate passage of...
Wicker Questions Navy Officials about Long-term Needs, Impacts on Shipbuilding
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Thursday sought answers regarding the Navy’s long-term needs and expressed his concern about potential “employment valleys” created by a...
Senate Okays Highway Bill with Gulf Coast Oil Spill Provisions
Cochran & Wicker Hopeful House Will Accept Senate RESTORE Act AmendmentWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today expressed hope that the House of...
Wicker Applauds AmeriCorps and FEMA Partnership to Train Volunteers in Vicksburg
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Tuesday praised an agreement between AmeriCorps and FEMA to train 1,600 AmeriCorps volunteers annually to assist with disaster relief. ...
Cochran, Wicker, Palazzo Praise Progress on Amphibious Assault Ship to be Built in Mississippi
Mississippi Lawmakers Point to Importance of Shipyard to Region’s EconomyWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) on Thursday...
Wicker Introduces Legislation to Help Rural Communities Meet Water Standards
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), along with Senator Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation that would help ensure families in America’s smallest...
Cochran, Wicker Praise Senate Passage of Restore the Gulf Coast Act
Senate Adds RESTORE Act to Federal Highway Bill, Outlines Oil Spill Aid to Gulf CoastWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today praised Senate passage...
Miss. Senators Highlight “Making Democracy Work” Essay Contest For Students
U.S. Capitol Historical Society Asks Youth to Expound on Informed CitizenryWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss) today encouraged Mississippi youth to...
Wicker Votes to Protect Religious Freedom from Obamacare Mandate
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted to protect religious freedom from a mandate in the President’s health care law. Under the controversial law, faith-based...
Wicker and 17 Senate Colleagues Ask President to Reverse HHS Rule that Infringes on Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) led a group of 18 Senators in writing to President Obama to ask that he reverse a controversial Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...