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...
Wicker Statement on Pardon of Russian Political Prisoner Mikhail Khodorkovsky
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oil...
Miss. Lawmakers Urge U.S. Officials to Help Protect American Interests at Factory in China
Troubled Cooper Tire Venture in China Could Affect Company’s Tupelo PlantWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran, with Representative Alan Nunnelee, today asked U.S. diplomatic and...
Wicker Discusses Cuts to Military Retirement Pay on Fox News
WASHINGTON -- Watch as U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., discusses the devastating impact that cuts to military retirement pay will have on current and future retirees with Fox News' Martha...
Wicker Votes ‘No’ on Budget Deal
Plan Includes Prospective Cuts to Military PensionsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Budget and Armed Services committees, today cast a vote against final...
Wicker, Ayotte, Graham: Military Retiree Cuts Would Also Impact Disabled Veterans
DoD Confirms Murray-Ryan Legislation Would Reduce Benefits of Service Members Retired Due To InjuriesWASHINGTON – Leaders from more than 14 military and veterans service organizations joined U.S....