Federal Agency Withdraws Best-Selling Cancer DrugWASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and Reps. Gregg Harper and Alan Nunnelee, Republicans from Mississippi, today expressed disappointment...
Wicker Amendment Would Help Streamline Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Veterans
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today introduced legislation to help reduce red tape for veterans who apply for a commercial driver’s license (CDL). Wicker, a member of the...
Wicker Amendment Would Protect Military Chaplains
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today introduced legislation to prevent military chaplains from being forced to perform a marriage ceremony if the chaplain objects for reasons of...
Wicker Introduces Legislation Allowing States to Challenge Federal Regulations
Bill aims to restore the 10th AmendmentWASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced legislation today that would allow state officials to challenge federal regulations issued by...
Wicker Argues Innovation Could Be Stifled by FCC Regulation of the Internet
“By handing over more power to a government agency, net neutrality rules slam the brakes on potential investment and new innovation. The ideas that could make our Internet faster, more secure, and...
Wicker Co-Sponsors ‘Hotels for Heroes’ to Help Wounded Troops and Families Be Together
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) recently joined Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) to introduce the “Hotels for Heroes” program, S. 1776, which would allow Americans to donate hotel reward...
Wicker-Backed Amendment to Audit the Gulf Coast Claims Facility Advances
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted for a group of three Appropriations bills that included a Wicker-sponsored amendment requiring an independent audit of the Gulf Coast...
Cochran and Wicker Support Measure Protecting Veterans’ Rights to Purchase Firearms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – American veterans would gain an extra measure of protection for their Second Amendment rights through legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger...
Senators Recognize Contributions of Stennis Space Center to Gulf Coast
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday introduced a resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of...
Wicker Honors Debbie Velie as an “Angel in Adoption”
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) last week recognized Debbie Velie of Tupelo as a 2011 “Angels in Adoption” award winner for her advocacy of adoption issues. “Debbie became an...