Senator Works to Make Telehealth Access PermanentLess than 20 percent of the nation lives in rural areas, but over half of Mississippi’s population does. Most doctors, clinics, and hospitals are in...
SASC Completes Markup of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced that the Committee voted 22-3 to advance...
Senator Wicker Secures Topline Increase in NDAA Markup
Will increase defense investment by $25 billionWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., secured a $25 billion increase to the defense budget topline during the U.S. Senate Armed Services...
President Biden Approves State of Mississippi’s Request for Federal Disaster Declaration
Mississippi’s congressional delegation supported the requestWASHINGTON – Last night, President Biden approved Governor Tate Reeves’ request for a federal disaster declaration after recent storms –...
Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith Join Legislation to Overturn the Biden Administration’s Nursing Home Staffing Requirements
New staffing requirement would harm rural and underserved communities in MississippiWASHINGTON – The Biden administration is pushing forward a proposal that would require an unreasonable increase in...
Wicker Holds Pentagon Accountable
Senate Oversight Compelling DOD to Follow the LawThe Founding Fathers gave Congress the job of writing and passing bills. They also tasked it with holding the president accountable to enforcing...
Senator Wicker Statement on Return of Pier Components to Gaza
WASHINGTON – After breaking apart and scattering across the Mediterranean coast last week, components of the Gaza pier have been gathered, repaired, and sent back out from the port of Ashdod in...
Senator Wicker: There is Really No Time to Waste, We Need to Get Started This Year
Announces he will offer an amendment to increase the defense budget topline WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services...
Senator Wicker Statement on Biden’s Immigration Executive Order
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., released the following statement:“Today’s action does not make up for the three and a half years of inaction. This executive order just reaffirms...
Wicker Advances Mississippi’s Water Priorities
Investing in Waterways Increases Commerce and SafetyFor hundreds of years, water has been central to Mississippi’s trade and tourism. We have worked hard to extract the economic development...