Senators Cochran & Wicker Announce Federal Support for $3.2 Million ProjectWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today announced approval of $2.4 million in federal funding to...
Wicker Says Action Must Be Taken Against Childhood Obesity
Education and health care leaders from across the state met in Tupelo last week to attend the 2009 Mississippi Institute on School Health, Wellness, and Safety conference. The gathering...
Cochran, Wicker Announce $697,051 for High Performance Leadership Institute at Mississippi State University
Initiative Aimed at Turning Around Failing Schools in MississippiWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has approved...
Wicker Joins Call for ACORN Investigation
Group of 20 Senators Asks Government Accountability Office to Investigate Troubled Community Organizing GroupWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has joined a group of his colleagues in...
Sen. Wicker Hosts Job Corps Student for One-Day Internship in Nation’s Capital
Melissa Gleaton of Pope Learns about Inner-Workings of the Legislative BranchWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker today hosted Melissa Gleaton, a Job Corps student from the Batesville Job Corps...
Cochran & Wicker Reiterate Opposition To Proposed Inland Lock Usage Fee
Bipartisan Senate Group Outlines Case Against Plan to Fund Inland Waterways Trust FundWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both R-Miss., today reiterated their opposition to a...
Wicker Says Finance Committee’s Health Care Bill Would Hurt Mississippi’s Budget
As Committee Markup Begins, Senator Decries Forcing Additional Medicaid Spending on the StateWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today warned that the health care reform bill being amended...
Wicker Says Taxpayer Funding Of ACORN Must Stop
Responding to growing taxpayer outrage, the Senate last week voted to block the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, from receiving federal funding from the Department of...
Wicker Announces Senate Approval of $1 Million for U.S. Highway 78
WASHINGTON – The Senate has approved an appropriations bill containing $1,000,000 requested by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., for upgrades to U.S. Highway 78 to bring the highway to interstate...
Wicker Announces Senate Approval of $500,000 for Pascagoula Beach Promenade
WASHINGTON – The Senate has approved an appropriations bill containing $500,000 requested by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., for the Pascagoula beach park promenade. The funding was contained in...