WASHINGTON—On the traditional holiday of Nowruz, Helsinki Commission leaders called on the Azerbaijani government to immediately release all remaining political prisoners and honor its OSCE...
Wicker Commends Trump’s Focus on U.S. Energy Independence
Anticipated Executive Action Could End the Obama Administration’s War on CoalThe Obama Administration had a troubling habit of picking the energy industry’s winners and losers. The Trump...
Wicker Meets With Russian Opposition Leader, Vladimir Kara-Murza
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., met this week with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian journalist, politician, and longtime critic of President Vladimir Putin. Last month, Kara-Murza was...
Wicker, Cochran Reintroduce Medgar Evers House Study Act
Cochran-Wicker Bill Authorizes Study on Adding Home of Slain Civil Rights Leader to National Park SystemWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today resumed...
Wicker, Gillibrand Announce Bill to Promote Computer Science Programs
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2024, 1 in every 2 STEM jobs will be in computing, and there will be 1.3 million job openings in computing occupations due to growth in the...
Wicker Highlights Risks Associated With Large Trucks
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today drew attention to the safety risks associated with large...
Wicker Votes to Reverse Obama Era Rule on Unemployment Drug Testing
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...
Wicker Looks to the Future of Mississippi Seafood
State Could Help Close Nation’s Seafood Trade DeficitGo anywhere in our state and you can find fresh seafood. The catfish of the Delta and the oysters of the Gulf are a source of local pride and a...
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, Cochran Promote AmeriCorps in Senate Resolution
AmeriCorps Campus in Vicksburg cited in Measure Saluting American VolunteerismWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today joined in honoring AmeriCorps and its...