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...
Wicker: Appropriations Process Is Key to Identifying Spending Priorities
Senate Continues to Pass Annual Funding Bills With Strong Bipartisan SupportWhen Congress votes on appropriations bills, the legislative branch is fulfilling its constitutional duty to control the...
Wicker: Obama’s Amnesty Rule Struck Down
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a federal appeals court ruling that the Obama Administration lacks...
Wicker: Combating Terrorism Requires Solutions, Not Politics
Miss. Senator Votes to Prevent Terrorists From Accessing Firearms, Protects Constitutional Freedoms for Law-Abiding CitizensWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today voted in favor of...
Wicker: Senate Focuses on Fighting Terrorism After Orlando Tragedy
Lawmakers Consider Bill to Fund FBI, Urge House to Pass Airport Security ReformsFifteen years after Sept. 11, the senseless terrorist attacks in San Bernardino and Orlando serve as painful reminders...
Miss. Senators Recognize Juneteenth Independence Day
Measure Highlights Historic End of Slavery in U.S.WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today honored the end of slavery by cosponsoring a resolution to...
Wicker: Senate Advances National Defense Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced that the Senate has approved this year’s “National Defense Authorization Act”...
Senators Honor 50th Anniversary of James Meredith’s Historic “March Against Fear”
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution authored by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., commemorating the 50th anniversary of James H. Meredith’s “March...
Wicker Highlights Mississippi’s Role in National Defense
No Plans for Base Closings in 2017 Authorization BillMilitary commanders rely on the annual “National Defense Authorization Act” to prepare for the future. So do our military communities, who play a...
It’s Time for the Alzheimer’s Moonshot
Imagine if a child born today learned about Alzheimer’s in a history book rather than in a health class. Or if that child never had to watch a loved one suffer from this terrible disease. These are...