Small businesses create 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs in America according to the Small Business Administration. In Mississippi, small businesses and entrepreneurs drive innovation and spur...
FEMA Administrator Agrees to Cochran and Wicker Request to End “Without Levee” Analysis in New Flood Maps
Agency to Account for Existing Levees, Flood Control Structures in Assessing RisksWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today praised the Federal...
Senators Wicker and Coons to co-chair Senate Working Group on Malaria
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today announced that they will co-chair the bipartisan Senate Working Group on Malaria to raise Congressional awareness of...
Wicker Votes to Cut Spending, Urges Colleagues to Address Deficit
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Wednesday voted to cut more than $56 billion in federal spending this fiscal year, which ends September 30. The measure, H.R. 1 was passed by...
Cochran and Wicker Cosponsor Bill to Extend Life of Gulf of Mexico Offshore Energy Leases
Measure Would Offer 12-Month Extension on Leases Affected by BP Oil SpillWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today cosponsored legislation to extend the life of...
Debt Continues to be Growing Threat
Last month, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called America’s debt “the greatest threat to our national security.” Testifying at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services...
Cochran and Wicker Cosponsor Energy Tax Prevention Act
In Era of High Energy Costs, Bill Would Curb Costly EPA Greenhouse Gas RegulationsWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), today announced their support for...
Cochran and Wicker Promote Co-ops as Beneficial to Job Creation, Economic Growth
Bipartisan Resolution Designates 2012 as “International Year of Cooperatives”WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran today joined U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-N.D.) in introducing a Senate...
Cochran and Wicker Welcome Nomination of Felicia Adams to be U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Mississippi
Adams Tapped by President Obama for Key U.S. Justice Position in StateWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today welcomed the White House announcement that...
Wicker Votes for Short-Term Bill that Cuts $4 Billion in Federal Spending
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted for a two-week continuing resolution, which cuts $4 billion in spending while avoiding a federal government shutdown. The bill...