Political Priorities Trump Deficit Reduction in President’s Latest Funding ProposalHopes were quickly dashed that President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget would offer a responsible blueprint for...
Wicker Leads Bipartisan Effort Condemning Russian Aggression in Ukraine
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of Senators led by Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill., introduced a resolution today condemning the Russian military siege of...
Wicker Supports ‘U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors Enhancement Act’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced his support for the “U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Board of Visitors Enhancement Act,” S. 2076. The bill was introduced by...
Wicker: Obama’s Budget Threatens Economic Growth
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...