WASHINGTON – The Mississippi congressional delegation today requested that President Obama posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Medgar Wiley Evers, the distinguished civil rights...
Wicker, Manchin: New FCC Proposal Would Help Narrow Rural Broadband Gap
Agency Heeds Bipartisan Call From Senators to Expand Mobile Network in Rural AmericaWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are praising a new proposal from the...
Wicker Says New Ideas Strengthen Fight Against Cancer
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Task Force Puts Forth Plan for ‘Cancer Moonshot’The trees may be turning red, orange, and yellow as the fall season gets underway, but for many pink is the...
Wicker, Cochran Push Obama Administration to Abandon Proposed Estate Tax Regs
Proposed Regulations Would Have Severe Chilling Effect on Family Farms and BusinessesWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., are among 41 Senators encouraging...
Wicker Votes to Clear Path for 9/11 Families Seeking Justice
Senate Successfully Overrides Obama’s Veto for the First TimeWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after voting to override President Obama’s veto of...
Wicker, Klobuchar: FDA Announces Accelerated Approval for First Drug to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
WASHINGTON – Following efforts from U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it has accelerated approval for the...
Wicker: Water Resources Bill Would Move Mississippi Projects Forward
Bipartisan Legislation Passes Senate With Broad SupportEarlier this year, I toured a site on the Pearl River in Hinds and Rankin counties where construction of a new underwater dam, also known as a...
Wicker Calls on Democrats to Oppose Internet Transition
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following joint statement with Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Richard Burr, R-N.C., Ron Johnson,...
Wicker Questions FCC Chairman on Mobility Fund Expansion
Miss. Senator Seeks Agency Plans for Rural Broadband, Protection of ContentWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and...
Miss. Senators Ask Interior Dept. to Drop Proposed Offshore Rule
Interior Dept. Fails to Show Offshore Activities Negatively Affect Onshore Air Quality, 17 Senators AssertWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today said the...