Miss. Senators Advocate Passage of Bill to Expand Three Civil War Battlefield UnitsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today encouraged a Senate panel to advance...
Cochran and Wicker Support Plan to Advance Export Agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea
Mississippi Senators Say New Trade Pacts Would Benefit StateWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are among a dozen Senators who support a plan that would allow...
Wicker Part of Oil Spill Compromise
New Bill Directs Clean Water Act Fines Toward Gulf Coast’s Economic and Environmental RestorationRecovery efforts continue along our Gulf Coast more than a year after the devastating Deepwater...
Wicker Votes for Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted in favor of moving the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act closer to passage. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tabled the...
Cochran and Wicker Throw Support Behind Bill to Distribute BP Fines to Gulf Coast States
Senate Measure Would Give 80 Percent of BP Clean Water Act Fines to Affected StatesWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss) today threw their support behind...
The Constitutional Answer to Our Country’s Budget Problem
One change we need to correct this country’s unprecedented debt has a chance to move closer to reality this weekend. The Senate will vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment as part of the Cut,...
After the Shuttle: The Next Space Age
Wicker Says Mississippi Will Continue as Aerospace LeaderThe landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center this week closes a remarkable chapter in America’s space program. ...
Wicker Bill Would Ensure Federal Airport Screeners Can Meet Changing Threats
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today introduced the TSA Efficiency and Flexibility Act, S.1353, which would guarantee Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel could...
Failed Stimulus Cost $278,000 Per Job
Latest Numbers Reveal Recovery and Reinvestment Act Failed to Lower Unemployment RateThe ineffectiveness of President Obama’s $789 billion economic stimulus plan made headlines last month when...
MRAPs Role Critical in Iraq and Afghanistan
Mississippi is playing an important role in supplying the large, heavily-armored vehicles that are responsible for safeguarding our troops from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). In a recent...