WASHINGTON — Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Ranking Member John Thune (R-S.D.) and Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Roger Wicker...
Wicker: America’s Job Creators Need Less Government Intrusion, More Certainty
Concerns About Regulation, Taxes, and Political Partisanship Continue to Hurt OptimismAt the end of last year, a Gallup poll surveyed small business owners about their outlook for 2014. Nearly...
Wicker, Manchin Introduce Legislation to Protect Community Banks
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today introduced legislation to protect community banks from losing millions of dollars due to an oversight in the Volcker...
Wicker, Cochran Support Repeal of Military Pensions Cut
Plan Restores $6 Billion to Current, Future RetireesWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget and Armed Services Committees, is supporting an amendment to...
Wicker: Obamacare Troubles Kick Off 2014
New Year Brings More Uncertainty, Higher Costs as Major Provisions of Health-Care Law Take EffectOne of the most controversial provisions in the President's health-care law is the individual mandate...
Wicker Champions National Security Priorities in Defense Bill
Key Provisions Highlight Importance of Troop Preparedness, Fully Equipped FleetFor the past 52 years, Congress has passed a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) outlining the country’s military...
Wicker Objects to Budget Deal’s Broken Promise to Military Retirees
Proposed Cuts Disproportionately and Unfairly Affect VeteransOn December 18, the Senate passed the budget agreement introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who chair...
Wicker & Cochran Demand Stop to OSHA Actions Against Small Farms
Labor Dept. Agency Circumvents 37-Year Prohibition on Regulating Family FarmsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today demanded that the Obama administration...
Wicker: Defense Bill Critical to Protecting U.S. National Security
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, has voted in favor of the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The...
Wicker, Manchin, Kirk Urge Federal Banking Officials to Protect Community Banks
Senators send letter to correct a bureaucratic oversight by the regulators of the Dodd-Frank Act’s Volcker RuleWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Mark Kirk...