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...
GAS PRICES: Wicker Helps Introduce Gas Price Reduction Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today helped introduce the Gas Price Reduction Act of 2008, legislation designed to address the high price of gas at the pump. The legislation,...
Wicker Praises Supreme Court’s Ruling that Overturns D.C. Gun Ban
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, overturning Washington D.C.’s...
Cochran, Wicker Applaud Approval of Plan to Build 12,000 Homes in South Mississippi
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today applauded the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) approval of a $350 million plan by the State of Mississippi to...