As students returned to school for a new year, some news coverage focused on the weaknesses of the American education system. While there is a critical need to improve our education system, it is...
MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION SAYS MISSISSIPPI FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS MAY BE HARMED BY CHINESE DUMPING TACTICS
Delegation Seeks Antidumping Probe Related to U.S. Wooden Furniture ProductionWASHINGTON, D.C. – Several members of the Mississippi congressional delegation today asked federal authorities to...
Wicker Says Congress Should Focus on Job Creation
Over the past several weeks, I have traveled across the state visiting small business owners, mayors, shrimpers, teachers, and many other Mississippians. From Potts camp to Picayune to Olive Branch...
WICKER AND COCHRAN PRAISE AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES FOR WINNING DEFENSE COMPETITION
Columbus Firm Selected by Air Force to Demonstrate Long Endurance UAVWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today praised Aurora Flight Sciences for...
Wicker Statement on the End of the U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq: “The United States has the strongest and best-led...
Wicker Says Gulf Coast More Resilient Five Years After Katrina
Work Still Remains to Rebuild Economy and LivelihoodsThere are events in our lives that we hold in our hearts and minds as defining moments. Like many, I remember the landfall and resulting...
FAA PROVIDES $1.89 MILLION TO SUPPORT RUNWAY PROJECT AT GREENVILLE’S MID-DELTA REGIONAL AIRPORT
Cochran &Wicker Secured Original $1.0 Million in FY2010 Funding for Runway RehabWASHINGTON, D. C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today announced that the Federal Aviation...
Wicker Says U.S. Is Still Key to Iraq’s Stability
Work remains to complete missionAt the end of this month, the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end after almost seven and a half years. I am glad to see many of our troops returning home, and...
Wicker Says Mississippi Research Universities Fundamental in Gulf Coast Recovery
Over the past few weeks, we finally have seen containment of the oil leaking into the Gulf. The completion of a relief well in the coming days is expected to be the permanent solution, but the...
Wicker Statement on the Passing of Senator Ted Stevens
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the passing of former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens:“I am saddened to hear of the news today...