Mississippi Lawmakers Point to Importance of Shipyard to Region’s EconomyWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) on Thursday...
Wicker Introduces Legislation to Help Rural Communities Meet Water Standards
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), along with Senator Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), on Wednesday introduced bipartisan legislation that would help ensure families in America’s smallest...
Cochran, Wicker Praise Senate Passage of Restore the Gulf Coast Act
Senate Adds RESTORE Act to Federal Highway Bill, Outlines Oil Spill Aid to Gulf CoastWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today praised Senate passage...
Miss. Senators Highlight “Making Democracy Work” Essay Contest For Students
U.S. Capitol Historical Society Asks Youth to Expound on Informed CitizenryWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss) today encouraged Mississippi youth to...
Wicker Encourages Long-Term Energy Solutions
Tapping America’s Emergency Oil Reserves Is the Wrong Approach to Lowering Gas PricesAs gas prices continue to rise, some Democrats are calling for President Obama to tap into the Strategic...
Wicker Votes to Protect Religious Freedom from Obamacare Mandate
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted to protect religious freedom from a mandate in the President’s health care law. Under the controversial law, faith-based...
Wicker Reaffirms Need for Energy Security Amid Soaring Gas Prices
Tension With Iran Underscores Urgency of Domestic Energy ProductionFollowing a year of record-high gas prices, the rising cost of oil continues to strain the budgets of Mississippi families and...
Wicker and 17 Senate Colleagues Ask President to Reverse HHS Rule that Infringes on Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) led a group of 18 Senators in writing to President Obama to ask that he reverse a controversial Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
Wicker Says Obama Budget Wastes Opportunity to Cut Spending
Instead, President’s Plan Would Increase National Debt by Nearly $11 Trillion Over the Next DecadePresident Obama is making it clear that fixing the debt crisis takes a backseat to his own...
Wicker, Cochran, Nunnelee Press EPA Officials to Reverse Harmful DeSoto County Decision
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran along with Representative Alan Nunnelee on Tuesday afternoon met with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to...