WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced that the Senate has confirmed a new Librarian of Congress. Dr. Carla D. Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress. She was previously...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Announces Expansion at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 11, 2016 – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD), announced that assembly and testing of its AR1 advanced liquid rocket engine...
Senators to FCC: Close the Rural Broadband Gap
Wicker, Manchin Lead Bipartisan Call to Expand Mobile Network in Rural AmericaWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are leading a bipartisan effort urging the...
Wicker Commemorates 300th Anniversary of Natchez
Senate Resolution Highlights Mississippi HistoryThis year’s tricentennial of Natchez is a special moment for our state. The occasion marks the establishment of Fort Rosalie by French settlers in...
Wicker Votes to Protect American Families by Ending Sanctuary Cities
Miss. Senator Works to Strengthen U.S. Immigration System, Enforce ‘Kate’s Law’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted to strengthen U.S. immigration laws by supporting two...
Wicker: Celebrating the Foresight of Our Founders
240 Years Ago, the Declaration of Independence Set Forth ‘Unalienable Rights’Today, planning for the Fourth of July often involves divvying up who is bringing what to the family cookout. Or figuring...
Wicker, Cochran, Palazzo Praise $3.1 Billion Contract for Navy Shipbuilding on Mississippi Coast
Navy Awards $272.4 Million Contract, With Options Valued at $3.1 Billion, for LHA 8 Amphibious Assault Ship, Contract Design Support for LX(R) Class WarshipWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker,...
Miss. Senators Celebrate Natchez Tricentennial
Resolution Honors City’s 300th Birthday, Historical ImportanceWASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution authored by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran,...
Wicker, Brown Work to Strengthen Pediatric Research Law
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, have introduced new legislation aimed at speeding up the implementation of the “National Pediatric Research Network Act,”...
Wicker: Democrats Block Funding for Veterans, Zika
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement after Senate Democrats obstructed critical funding to address the Zika health crisis and support America’s veterans...