Passenger Rail Returns, Two Decades After KatrinaAt last, passenger rail is returning to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina shuttered the line that carried tourists and travelers...
Wicker: America’s Allies Are Stepping Up
Free World Increasing Defense InvestmentsThe U.S. military is not sufficiently equipped to face the growing threats from our adversaries. In Congress, I am fighting to change that. On July 1st, I...
Wicker Details the Provisions of the Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., detailed the provisions of the reconciliation bill which President Trump will soon sign into law.“The reconciliation bill is an investment in the...
Senator Wicker Statement on Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON - Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., released the following statement upon the Senate's passage of the reconcillation bill.“The Senate-passed reconciliation bill is an investment in the...
Wicker Celebrates Military Recruitment Successes
Honoring Public Servants on Independence DayAs Americans celebrate Independence Day, we remember the men and women who step up to serve our country. I think first of the patriots at the Second...
Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing to Consider Five Senior Pentagon Nominations
Watch Video Here WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing to consider the qualifications of five senior nominees to...
SASC Chairman Roger Wicker Releases Updated Text of Defense Reconciliation Bill
WASHINGTON –?U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today unveiled updated legislative text of the defense reconciliation bill. The House and...
Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing on CENTCOM and EUCOM Nominees
Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, nominated to be Commander of United States Central Command, and Lieutenant General Alexus G. Grynkewich, nominated to be Commander of United States European Command and...
Wicker Making Tax Cuts Permanent
Tax Bill Boosts American Commerce and InnovationRepublicans are set to fulfill a promise we made to the American people: permanently extending the 2017 tax cuts we established under the first Trump...
Wicker Announces over $21 Million in Airports Grants
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., released the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration awarded Mississippi with a total of $21.48 million in 52 grants. These...