Senate Approves Highly Qualified Nominees Despite Democrats’ ObstructionOn the last day of October, Amy Barrett, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, was confirmed by the Senate to be a...
Wicker Encouraged by President Trump’s Meeting With Senate Republicans
The Senate’s passage of a budget resolution on October 19 was only the beginning of a weeks-long process to overhaul the tax code, one of President Trump’s top priorities. The House of...
Wicker Urges Senate to Burn the Midnight Oil & Confirm Trump Nominees
Democrats Are Denying the President the Opportunity to Put His Team in PlaceThe treatment of President Trump’s executive nominees compared to those of his predecessors illustrates just how far...
Wicker Says Good Riddance to So-Called ‘Clean Power Plan’
Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Rule to Repeal Major Overreach of Obama EraThe Trump Administration is continuing its ambitious rollback of harmful federal regulations – this time taking...
Wicker Congratulates UMMC on Prestigious Telehealth Award
Mississippi Continues to Earn National Praise for Harnessing Technology to Provide CareOur state has a well-known record of success in telehealth, having launched groundbreaking health-care...
Wicker Backs Trump Plan for Lower Taxes
American Families Deserve to Keep More of What They EarnOnly days into the Trump presidency, the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 20,000 points for the first time. The renewed confidence in...
Wicker Praises President Trump’s UN Address
President Offered a Bold Condemnation of N. Korea, Commitment to U.S. StrengthIn his first address to the United Nations, President Trump was unapologetically clear and firm about America’s...
Wicker Proposal for 355 Ships Nears Finish Line
Senate Expected to Pass National Defense Bill SoonMeeting the needs of our military is the basic mission of the defense authorization bill that Congress passes every year. Those needs include...
Wicker Commends Mississippi’s Outreach to Hurricane Victims
Local Communities Repay the Kindness That Followed KatrinaIn August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina slammed into our state, people around the country were ready to help. Mississippians witnessed...
Wicker Looks Ahead to Senate Agenda as Critical Deadlines Approach
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...