Armed Services Committee Post Important to Gulf Coast Shipbuilding IndustryWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced he has been named the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed...
Cochran, Wicker Encourage Progress on Offshore Energy Plan
Bipartisan Group Sees Oil & Gas Leasing Plan as Energy & Economic Security IssueWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker are among a bipartisan group of Senators who are encouraging...
Wicker Leads Bipartisan Group in Introducing the Streamline Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Act
WASHINGTON – Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and James Inhofe, R-Okla., today joined Reps. Dan Boren, D-Okla., and Rep. Heath Shuler., D-N.C., in announcing the introduction of the Streamline...
Wicker Statement on Doctors’ Medicare Reimbursement Proposal
Wicker: “We need to solve this doctors’ reimbursement problem, and we can do so without piling on to our already massive debt.”WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the...
Wicker Statement on Finance Committee Health Care Proposal
Wicker: “The Finance Committee bill is bad for the economy, bad for the deficit, and doesn't provide better health care.”WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following...
Wicker Commends Navy for Naming Ship After Medgar Evers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., applauded today’s announcement to name a U.S. Navy T-AKE cargo ship after Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers.“I applaud the Navy for assigning...
Wicker Backs 72-Hour Transparency Resolution
Senator Cosponsors Measure to Require Legislation Be Posted Online for 72 Hours Prior to VoteWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today joined in introducing a resolution that would change...
Cochran, Wicker Applaud Senate Passage of Bill to Jam Illegal Prison Cell Phones
Both Senators are Cosponsors of Bipartisan MeasureWASHINGTON – Legislation intended to stop prison inmates from using cell phones to coordinate criminal activities has passed the Senate, U.S....
Wicker Statement on Boxer-Kerry Energy Tax Legislation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following statement in response to national energy tax legislation introduced by Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and John Kerry,...
Jones County Safe Room Approved for FEMA Funds
Senators Cochran & Wicker Announce Federal Support for $3.2 Million ProjectWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today announced approval of $2.4 million in federal funding to...