WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after the Senate approved legislation reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by a...
Wicker: Senate Misses Opportunity to Protect Medicare for 27,000 Mississippi Seniors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today said the Senate missed an opportunity to fix the Medicare doctors’ reimbursement issue without cutting Medicare benefits to millions of...
Wicker Responds to Tanker Competition Decision
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced an expedited re-competition process for the Air Force tanker...
Wicker Says Senate Appropriations Bill Contains $500,000 for Memorial Hospital in Gulfport
Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Funding Would Help Establish Cancer ClinicWASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending...
Cochran, Wicker Seek Immediate Vote on Fix to Medicare Payment System
Senators Ask for Vote on Measure that Provides 18-Month Extension of Expiring Medicare ProvisionsWASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both R-Miss., today expressed disappointment...
Wicker Says Senate Appropriations Bill Contains $500,000 for King’s Daughters Regional Medical Center in Brookhaven
WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill, legislation that includes $500,000 in funding secured by U.S. Sen....
Mississippi Senators Support Medicare, Warn of Misinformation Ad Campaign
Cochran, Wicker Support Protecting Medicare Benefits for More than 27,000 Mississippi SeniorsWASHINGTON – Responding to a misleading radio and television ad campaign currently airing in Mississippi,...
Wicker Announces Congressional Field Hearing in Tupelo
Veterans’ Committee to Hold Field Hearing Focusing on Caring for America’s Aging VeteransWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will...
Wicker Applauds Passage of Bill to Fund Troops, Expand G.I. Benefits
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following statement after the Senate voted last night in support of a supplemental spending bill that provides needed funding for...
Cochran, Wicker Announce Labor, Health, and Education Funding for Mississippi
WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill today. The committee report contains $18.95 million in funding...