Miss. Senator Highlights Concerns With C-130J Transfer, Army’s Plan for National Guard, and Sequestration MitigationWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the lead Republican on the Senate...
Wicker Fights Administration’s Proposed Changes to National Guard
Guard Components Are Integral to Army’s Overall Strength and CapabilityAfter more than a decade of combat, the National Guard is facing dramatic changes to its role as a ready reserve force of the...
Wicker: Highway Bill Clears First Big Hurdle
Measure Includes Miss. Senator’s Amdt to Reauthorize ‘Appalachian Regional Development’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public...
Wicker Responds to FCC Vote on ‘Open Internet’ Proceeding
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., leading Republican of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, issued the...
Ten Organizations Endorse Donnelly-Wicker Bipartisan Military Suicide Prevention Legislation
Effort Earns Backing of Military Service, Veteran and Mental Health OrganizationsWASHINGTON — Legislation introduced by Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., received...
Wicker & Cochran Honor Fallen Mississippi Police Officers
Mississippi Officers Are Among the Fallen Honored at National Police Week 2014WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today offered tributes as part of National Police...
Wicker, Cochran: Congress Reaches Deal on Water Resources Bill
Miss. Senators Say Bill Would ‘Benefit State’s Water Infrastructure, Ports’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., today said that a House-Senate agreement on a...
Wicker Commends Mississippi Manufacturer for Construction of 300th Lakota Helicopter
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today commended Airbus Helicopters, Inc. in Columbus, Miss., for delivering the 300th UH-72A Lakota helicopter to the Army. U.S. military veterans...
Wicker Part of Effort to Prevent Military Suicides
New Legislation Would Increase Mental Health Outreach for All Service MembersEarlier this year, I had the opportunity to meet the parents of Jacob Sexton – a member of the Indiana National Guard who...
Wicker, Ayotte Call on DOD Inspector General to Examine Russian INF Treaty Violations
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today sent a letter to Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General Jon...