MEMA Also Receives Reimbursement Funds for Hurricane Katrina Response CostsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today announced the award of a $2.43 million Federal...
Sen. Wicker Discusses Health Care, the Tanker Bid, and GO Zone Legislation
Senator Wicker’s remarks on Gulf Coast Mornings with Kipp Greggory and Steve DickersonWASHINGTON – Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today gave a Congressional update and discussed issues important to...
Wicker & Cochran Introduce Bill to Extend Important Gulf Coast Rebuilding Tax Incentive
GO Zone Bonus Depreciation Would Be Extended by Two Years in Hard-Hit Katrina AreasWASHINGTON – A key tax incentive designed to spur rebuilding efforts in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina...
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...
FEMA Approves Additional $3.1 Million To Restore Mississippi Port Authority
Cochran & Wicker Say FEMA Action Will Advance Work at Port of GulfportWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker reported today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has...
Cochran & Wicker Report $1.08 Million for the City of Waveland
Federal grant provided to rebuild Garfield Ladner Memorial Recreational PierWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today announced final approval of a $1.08 million federal grant...
Homeland Security Department To Establish Arbitration Panels To Resolve Disputes Over Hurricane Recovery Projects
Cochran & Wicker Welcome Move as New Tool for Communities to Overcome Storm WoesWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today welcomed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) action...
$1.5 Million Awarded For New Hancock County Emergency Ops Center, Mississippi Senators Report
Cochran & Wicker Detail Grant for $2.0 Million Construction Project in Kiln, Miss.WASHINGTON – Plans to construct a new Emergency Operations Center to serve Hancock County can now move forward with...
Wicker Applauds Approval of Katrina Recovery Funds
$439 Million for Barrier Island Restoration Included in Supplemental Appropriations BillWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., applauded today’s passage of the FY 2009 Supplemental...
Cochran, Wicker Announce Over $13 Million For Hurricane Katrina Relief In Mississippi
WASHINGTON – Senator Thad Cochran announced today that the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released over $13 million in Federal grants for the state...