WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Financial Services and General Government Fiscal Year 2009 spending bill today. The legislation includes funding to promote small...
Cochran, Wicker Announce Transportation and Development Funding for Mississippi
WASHINGTON - The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bill providing $52,615,000 in funding for transportation, housing, and urban development projects in Mississippi, Senators Thad...
Wicker Says Toyota Decision Good News for Mississippi Workers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today said Toyota’s announcement that it will produce the hybrid Prius model at their Blue Springs plant is good news for Mississippi...
Cochran, Wicker Announce $10 Million For Downtown Development In Jackson, MS
WASHINGTON – The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a $10 million loan guarantee to the City of Jackson for the Capital City Center Redevelopment Project, Senators Thad Cochran...
Wicker: Intelligence Legislation will Protect America
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after the Senate approved legislation reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by a...
Wicker: Senate Misses Opportunity to Protect Medicare for 27,000 Mississippi Seniors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today said the Senate missed an opportunity to fix the Medicare doctors’ reimbursement issue without cutting Medicare benefits to millions of...
Wicker Responds to Tanker Competition Decision
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced an expedited re-competition process for the Air Force tanker...
Wicker Says Senate Appropriations Bill Contains $500,000 for Memorial Hospital in Gulfport
Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Funding Would Help Establish Cancer ClinicWASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending...
Cochran, Wicker Seek Immediate Vote on Fix to Medicare Payment System
Senators Ask for Vote on Measure that Provides 18-Month Extension of Expiring Medicare ProvisionsWASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, both R-Miss., today expressed disappointment...
Wicker Says Senate Appropriations Bill Contains $500,000 for King’s Daughters Regional Medical Center in Brookhaven
WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill, legislation that includes $500,000 in funding secured by U.S. Sen....