Tax Day Frustrations Reflect Complicated Tax Code, Obama’s Big-Government SpendingTax Day on April 15 is not a date Americans look forward to on the calendar. At nearly 74,000 pages, the complex tax...
Wicker Highlights Mississippi’s Defense Role in Armed Services Hearings
Committee Assesses Proposals in President's FY2015 BudgetAs a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I am directly involved with the defense authorization process and the blueprint it...
Wicker Presses Air Force Chief on Keesler Transfer
Miss. Senator Says USAF’s Numbers ‘Don’t Add Up’WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today questioned Air Force Secretary Deborah James and the Air Force Chief of Staff, General Mark...
Wicker, Cochran Weigh In Again on Pipeline Abandonment
Miss. Senators Say Midla Pipeline Keeps Utility Costs Low for ConsumersWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., have sent a new letter to Federal Energy...
U.S. Must Stand By Afghanistan’s Nascent Democracy
Success in Afghanistan has always depended on more than the elimination of the al-Qaida network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Protecting America's national security interests for the long...
Wicker: National Guard Chief Supports Counterdrug Training Academies
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today received support from General Frank Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to continue the program that supports the nation’s five National...
Wicker: LNG Exports Important to U.S. Economy, National Security
Mississippi Poised to Play Leading Role in Shale RevolutionAdvances in technology are bringing southwest Mississippi closer to the shale boom that scientists and energy producers have anticipated in...
Wicker: Senate Ratifies Fishing Treaties
Miss. Senator Says Agreements Would Protect State’s Fishing IndustryWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced that the Senate has approved four treaties to combat illegal...
Wicker Supports ‘Hire More Heroes Act’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has cosponsored the “Hire More Heroes Act,” a bill that would give businesses an added incentive to employ veterans or active military personnel who...
Wicker: Supreme Court Considers Pivotal Case on Religious Freedom
Health-Care Law Should Not Violate Americans’ Right of ConscienceThe Obama Administration’s intrusiveness into Americans’ daily lives is again under scrutiny by the Supreme Court. This time the...