WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted to block an Obama Administration midnight regulation that strips states of the authority to set unemployment drug testing policies. The...
Senate Overturns Obama-era Education Regulation that Undermined Local Control of Schools
Sends to president’s desk resolution affirming that Congress writes the laws—not the Department of EducationWASHINGTON — The Senate today voted for local school boards over a National School Board...
Wicker Votes to Confirm New EPA Chief
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today voted to confirm Scott Pruitt as the next Environmental Protection Agency...
Wicker Votes to Confirm Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be the nation’s next U.S. Attorney General.“It is a new day at the Justice Department,” Wicker...
Wicker Votes to Confirm DeVos for Education Secretary
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued this statement following Senate approval of Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education:“As the product of our...
Wicker Statement on the Nomination of Judge Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court:“When voters chose Donald Trump to be...
Wicker Statement on President Trump’s Inauguration
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States:“Congratulations to our new President on...
Wicker: Congress Sends Defense Bill to President’s Desk
Legislation Gives Troops a Pay Raise & Takes Base Closings Off the TableWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today voted in favor...
Wicker Statement on Trump’s Nomination for Attorney General
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as the next U.S....
Wicker Meets With Leader of Miss. National Guard
Miss. Senator, M.G. Boyles Discuss Priorities During First Official Washington VisitWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today met...