Lawmakers Must Act on FAA, 2018 Funding Before End of SeptemberDuring the first week of August, the Senate confirmed 76 executive nominees. To put that number into perspective, only 56 of...
Senate Passes Wicker, Klobuchar Proposal to Increase Patients’ Role in FDA Drug Approval Benefit-Risk Framework
WASHINGTON – The Senate today unanimously approved a bill authored by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to give patients and their advocates a larger role in the Food...
Wicker: Key Senate Committee Advances Legislative Priorities
Rural Wireless Access, Ocean Monitoring, Cybersecurity, and Masonry Bills to Be Considered by Full SenateWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Commerce,...
Wicker, Duckworth Author Bill to Support Community Banks
Legislation Would Help Small Banks Lend Millions to Small Businesses, First-Time HomebuyersWASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., have introduced legislation...
Wicker Questions FCC Nominees About Rural Broadband Expansion Priorities
Nominees Commit to Addressing Data Collection, Permit Issues for Rural Wireless Broadband DeploymentWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Committee on Commerce,...
Wicker, Blumenthal Support Regulatory Parity for Amateur Radio
Measure Would Accommodate Expansion of Emergency Communications Network in Rural AreasWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., today introduced legislation...
Wicker Authors Bills to Boost Recreational Fishing, Marine Management
Legislation Would Encourage Data Collection and Collaboration in the GulfWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss, has introduced two legislative proposals to improve access to ocean fisheries...
Wicker Agrees With Trump on Withdrawing From Paris Climate Deal
Accord Would Have Cost Jobs With Little Effect on Global TemperaturesPresident Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement might have come with some suspense, but it should have...
Funding Bill Will Advance Trump Agenda
Redirecting Obama-Era Spending PrioritiesCongress has passed legislation to fund the government through September. This is a major achievement for President Trump, and I support his...
Wicker Statement After Senate Approves Gov’t Funding Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after the Senate passed legislation to fund the federal government through September 2017:“President Trump and...