Miss. Senator says accuracy in Flood Insurance program will help ensure policyholders are made wholeWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) today announced Senate Banking Committee...
Cochran and Wicker Applaud President’s Decision to Withdraw Costly EPA Ozone Regulation
Miss. Senators Say Rule Would Have Impacted Mississippi CountiesWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today expressed their approval of President Obama’s decision...
Ten Years After 9/11: Looking Back and Going Forward
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was leaving a breakfast meeting at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld when I learned of the terrible events in New York. The Pentagon...
Wicker Says We Need Results, Not Rhetoric for Job Growth
President’s New Agenda Should Include Regulatory Reform, More Energy ProductionPresident Obama announced last month that he has a new plan to create jobs and spur economic growth. He says...
Wicker Remains Focused on Gulf Coast Recovery
Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Sees New Beginnings, More Challenges for Coastal CommunitiesSix years ago this week, one of the worst natural disasters in American history made landfall along our...
Wicker Supports Court’s Rejection of Health-Care Mandate
Judges Say Forcing Americans to Buy Health Insurance Is an Unconstitutional Overstep of Government PowerThe three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a central piece of...
Wicker Says We Are Long Overdue in Getting Americans Back to Work
Unnecessary Regulations, Lack of Confidence Are Keeping Businesses From HiringEconomists point to June 2009 as the recession’s official end, yet more than two years later, millions of Americans...
Wicker Says American Energy Is the Key to Lowering Gas Prices
President Obama’s Decision to Use Strategic Petroleum Reserve Was Misguided and IneffectiveThe summer driving season has come with little relief at the pump. Gas prices are up 14 cents since...
Mississippi Congressional Delegation Members State Support for Deficit Reduction and Debt Ceiling Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, along with Congressmen Gregg Harper, Alan Nunnelee and Steven Palazzo, all R-Miss, today announced that they support passage of...
Wicker Says Obama Playing Favorites With Health-Care Waiver
Waive Act Could Shield Against Higher Premiums, Limited BenefitsPresident Obama has made it clear over the course of the debt debate that compromise would not come at the expense of certain big...