Initiative Aimed at Turning Around Failing Schools in MississippiWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has approved...
Wicker Joins Call for ACORN Investigation
Group of 20 Senators Asks Government Accountability Office to Investigate Troubled Community Organizing GroupWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has joined a group of his colleagues in...
Sen. Wicker Hosts Job Corps Student for One-Day Internship in Nation’s Capital
Melissa Gleaton of Pope Learns about Inner-Workings of the Legislative BranchWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker today hosted Melissa Gleaton, a Job Corps student from the Batesville Job Corps...
Cochran & Wicker Reiterate Opposition To Proposed Inland Lock Usage Fee
Bipartisan Senate Group Outlines Case Against Plan to Fund Inland Waterways Trust FundWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both R-Miss., today reiterated their opposition to a...
Wicker Says Finance Committee’s Health Care Bill Would Hurt Mississippi’s Budget
As Committee Markup Begins, Senator Decries Forcing Additional Medicaid Spending on the StateWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today warned that the health care reform bill being amended...
Wicker Announces Senate Approval of $1 Million for U.S. Highway 78
WASHINGTON – The Senate has approved an appropriations bill containing $1,000,000 requested by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., for upgrades to U.S. Highway 78 to bring the highway to interstate...
Wicker Announces Senate Approval of $500,000 for Pascagoula Beach Promenade
WASHINGTON – The Senate has approved an appropriations bill containing $500,000 requested by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., for the Pascagoula beach park promenade. The funding was contained in...
Sen. Wicker to Announce Funding for Childhood Obesity Prevention Program
Senator Secured $399,350 Grant for SHAPE; Program to be Based at HealthWorks! in TupeloWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker will be in Tupelo tomorrow, Friday, September 18 at 11:00 a.m., to announce...
Senate Approves Wicker Measure to End Train Travel Restrictions on Gun Owners
WASHINGTON – By a vote of 68 to 30, the Senate today approved an amendment offered by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., to end train travel restrictions on gun owners. The amendment, agreed to...
Wicker Continues Effort to End Train Travel Restrictions on Gun Owners
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today introduced an amendment to the transportation and housing appropriations bill to end train travel restrictions on gun owners. Under the...