WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement after President Obama released his proposed FY2015 budget:“The...
Wicker Statement on House Passage of Flood Insurance Bill
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3370, the “The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability...
Wicker: Obamacare Cuts Impose Additional Burden on Seniors
Funds Raided From Effective Programs Will Be Spent on Flawed LawThe bad news continues about Obamacare, but the President and his Administration refuse to heed it. Instead, the law’s advocates...
Wicker, Cochran Support Disaster Recovery Grant for Miss. Fisheries
NOAA Awards State $10.9 Million for Commercial Oyster & Blue Crab Fisheries DisastersWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today said they are optimistic that...
Wicker Statement on Obama’s Defense Budget Proposal
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, today issued the following statement on the military budget plan outlined by Secretary of...
Wicker: Unemployment Still a Top Concern Five Years After Obama’s Failed Stimulus
Republicans Offer Job-Creating Ideas Without More SpendingFive years ago, President Obama assured Americans that his stimulus plan would generate “shovel-ready” jobs and jumpstart the economy. At a...
Wicker Statement on FCC’s ‘Open Internet’ Rule Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, issued the...
Wicker Highlights Republican Plan for Health-Care Reform
Strategies to Lower Costs, Increase Choice Would Replace President’s Disastrous LawRepublicans had an answer ready when President Obama recently implied they lacked a viable alternative to his...
Keeping Our Promise To America’s Veterans
Congress seized an important opportunity this week to restore a promise to America’s veterans without adding to the national debt. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a bill approved by the House...
Wicker, Cochran: OSHA to Honor Small Farm Regulatory Exemption
Agency Bends to Lawmakers’ Concerns, Abandons Effort to Oversee Small Farm Grain StorageWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today said they are pleased that...