Legislation Will Boost Pay, Strengthen Forces, End Vaccine MandateOur military service members can breathe a little easier now that the annual defense bill has finally passed. After months of...
Wicker Fights for Veterans
America Must Keep Promises to Our Service MembersHoward Jefferson Parker, Jr., was a day shy of 18 years old when he joined the U.S. Navy in 1944. Just six months later, he found himself in the...
Wicker Presents WWII Vet With Combat Action Ribbon
Howard “Jeff” Parker, Jr., Honored In RidgelandRIDGELAND, MISS. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., presented World War II veteran and current Ridgeland resident Howard...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Colleagues Oppose Illegal VA Provided Abortions
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., have joined 11 other Republican senators and 26 members of the House of Representatives in a public comment...
Wicker, Hyde-Smith Recognize Mississippi National Guard
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., this week introduced a resolution that would designate September 30 as “Mississippi National Guard Recognition...
Wicker Honors Mississippi National Guard for Ending 1962 Riot
Senate Resolution Commemorates Heroic Actions at Ole Miss 60 Years AgoMississippi is fortunate to have had a strong National Guard dating back to 1798, nearly two decades before we became a state....
Wicker Remembers Anniversary of 9/11
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following remarks in advance of the 21st anniversary of the terror attacks on...
Wicker to Vote for PACT Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced he would be voting in favor of the “Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022” (PACT Act), after the Senate...
Wicker: Biden Mandate Hurting Military Recruitment
Military Loses Thousands of Service Members Over Vaccine MandateVladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine was a reminder that the world is a dangerous place. Indeed, the threats to global peace...
Wicker Joins in Honoring America’s Fallen Heroes
Mississippi Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor Finally IdentifiedJohn Melton was 22 years old in October of 1940 when he found himself stationed in Hawaii. Raised on a farm near Liberty, Mississippi, the...