The Polar Regions are Vital to our Economy and SecurityThe United States was once considered a continental power whose limits were the Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande to the south and two oceans to...
Wicker: It is Time to Finish the Yazoo Pumps
The Delta Should Get What Was PromisedIn the wake of the historic flood of 1927, the United States Congress made the people of Mississippi a promise. After the water receded, the legislative branch...
Wicker Bill Would Strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard
Committee Approves Authorizing LegislationOn an average day, the U.S. Coast Guard saves 10 lives, conducts 45 search and rescue operations, seizes 874 pounds of cocaine, and facilitates the movement...
Wicker Launches Fourth Annual Book Donation Program
Books from Wicker’s Personal Collection Will Go to Mississippi LibrariesWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced his fourth annual book donation program for libraries in...
Wicker Advances Pro-life Cause in the Senate
Five Bills Would Protect Every Person’s Inalienable RightsThe founding of America was based on revolutionary, self-evident truths. Every human being has God-given and inalienable rights to life,...
Wicker to Join Senate Leaders to Address Gun Violence
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following statement after being asked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to join a group of Senate committee chairmen who...
Wicker, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Strengthen Offshore Energy Revenue Sharing
Pending Legislation Would Ensure Fair Distribution of Federal Energy Development Income for Gulf CoastWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today joined U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D.,...
What They Are Saying: Mississippi Officials, Groups Applaud Wicker’s Fishery FUNDD Act
Miss. Senator’s Legislation Would Expedite Disaster Relief for FisheriesWASHINGTON – This week U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and...
Wicker Votes for President’s Budget Agreement
Bipartisan Deal Will Strengthen National Security, Maintain Pro-Life ProtectionsWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted for H.R. 3877, the bipartisan budget agreement negotiated...
Hyde-Smith, Wicker Introduce Bill to Rein in Clean Water Act Veto Authority
Bill Would Immediately Nullify Yazoo Backwater VetoWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced legislation that would overturn a 2008...