Senator’s E-Newsletter Offers Ways to Get Informed About Grant FundingPart of my job as a U.S. Senator is to assist Mississippians with grant opportunities. The federal government provides grant...
Wicker, Cochran Announce $4.8 Million in Grants for Miss. Airports
FAA Grants Will Provide Funding for Airport Improvements in Kosciusko, Starkville and GulfportWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today announced that more...
Wicker Introduces Bill in Support of Ocean Monitoring
Miss. Senator Includes Priorities for Gulf Coast and State UniversitiesWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has introduced legislation to reauthorize and provide support to the U.S....
Wicker, Cochran Announce $5.5 Million in FAA Grants for Mississippi
Miss. Senators Say Airport Funding Could Aid Economic DevelopmentWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today reported that airports in Gulfport, Oxford, and...
Wicker: BP Settlement Adds Certainty to Oil Spill Recovery
Mississippi to Receive Additional $1.5 Billion for Environmental and Economic RestorationThe 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Five years...
Wicker, Booker Passenger Rail Bill Passes Key Senate Committee
Bipartisan Proposal Awaits Senate ActionWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., today announced that their bipartisan measure to increase passenger rail safety,...
Wicker Leads Senate Effort to Reform Rail System
Bipartisan Bill Prioritizes Safety, Efficient Use of Taxpayer DollarsSen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and I have unveiled a new bipartisan bill to upgrade America’s passenger rail system. Titled the...
Wicker, Cochran Call for Increased Gulf Offshore Energy Exploration
Miss. Senators Back Bill to Open New Oil Exploration Areas, Lift GOMESA CapsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today joined in introducing legislation...
Wicker Welcomes National Ocean Science Bowl to Mississippi
Ocean Springs Selected as Host of Academic CompetitionWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today...
Looking Ahead on Anniversary of Oil Spill
Exactly five years ago, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 Americans and set in motion the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. For 87 days, more than three million...