Bipartisan Group Sees Oil & Gas Leasing Plan as Energy & Economic Security IssueWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker are among a bipartisan group of Senators who are encouraging...
Wicker Leads Bipartisan Group in Introducing the Streamline Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Act
WASHINGTON – Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and James Inhofe, R-Okla., today joined Reps. Dan Boren, D-Okla., and Rep. Heath Shuler., D-N.C., in announcing the introduction of the Streamline...
Wicker Statement on Doctors’ Medicare Reimbursement Proposal
Wicker: “We need to solve this doctors’ reimbursement problem, and we can do so without piling on to our already massive debt.”WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the...
Wicker Says Health Care Debate Continues Down Wrong Path
The health care debate continued down the wrong path last week with the Senate Finance Committee’s approval of a deeply flawed bill. The measure would raise taxes, cut Medicare, increase...
Wicker Statement on Finance Committee Health Care Proposal
Wicker: “The Finance Committee bill is bad for the economy, bad for the deficit, and doesn't provide better health care.”WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following...
Wicker Calls for Increased Legislative Transparency
Senator Says Bills Should Be Posted Online for 72 Hours Prior to VoteIn the past year, the American public has grown increasingly unhappy with the way business has been done in Washington,...
Wicker Commends Navy for Naming Ship After Medgar Evers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., applauded today’s announcement to name a U.S. Navy T-AKE cargo ship after Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers.“I applaud the Navy for assigning...
Wicker Backs 72-Hour Transparency Resolution
Senator Cosponsors Measure to Require Legislation Be Posted Online for 72 Hours Prior to VoteWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today joined in introducing a resolution that would change...
Cochran, Wicker Applaud Senate Passage of Bill to Jam Illegal Prison Cell Phones
Both Senators are Cosponsors of Bipartisan MeasureWASHINGTON – Legislation intended to stop prison inmates from using cell phones to coordinate criminal activities has passed the Senate, U.S....
Wicker Warns Against Growing Budget Deficits
Senator Says Spending, Entitlement Reform Urgently NeededThe federal government’s budget year ended last week, an event that marked an unfortunate milestone. Our nation closed out the fiscal...