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06/25/2021
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Wicker, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Calling on Biden CDC to End Mask Mandate for Vaccinated Americans on Airplanes and Public Transportation
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., joined U.S. Senators. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., in introducing a resolution calling on the Biden Administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to end its mask mandate for fully vaccinated individuals on public transportation throughout the United States—including at airports, on commercial airplanes, on buses, and rail systems.
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06/24/2021
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Wicker, Hyde-Smith Announce $3.22M for Mississippi Communities
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today announced $3.22 million in federal grants to support the purchase or lease of low emissions buses for the City of Jackson, and police and public works vehicles for seven other Mississippi communities.
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06/23/2021
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Wicker Challenges Biden Administration Over Research Using Aborted Infants
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss. led Members of Congress in sending a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra criticizing HHS’s recent decisions to discontinue the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) nonpartisan Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board (EAB) and to restore taxpayer funding for federal researchers to obtain, use, and store the body parts of aborted children.
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06/23/2021
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Wicker Disappointed in Administration’s “So-Called” 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan
Wicker expressed his disappointment in the Pentagon’s “so-called” 30-year shipbuilding plan released last Friday.
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06/22/2021
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Wicker Says S.1 Would Harm Our Democracy
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today spoke from the Senate floor opposing the radical policies in S.1 and urging his colleagues to join him in voting against the legislation.
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06/22/2021
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Wicker, Colleagues Ask for Transparency Surrounding Repeal of Navigable Waters Protection Rule
Senator Wicker sent a letter questioning the basis for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to repeal and replace the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR).
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06/22/2021
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Wicker, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Access to Colon Cancer Screenings
Senator Wicker introduced the Colorectal Cancer Detection Act, legislation to increase access to and participation in colon cancer screenings
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06/18/2021
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Wicker, Hyde-Smith Back Bill to Strengthen Gulf Revenue Sharing Program
The Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies & Ecosystems (RISEE) Act would amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) and create a new dedicated revenue stream from future offshore wind development for coastal protection and resiliency.
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06/18/2021
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Wicker Expresses Health Concerns Over Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Senator Roger Wicker expressed his concern over the increased frequency of attacks on polio health workers in Afghanistan since the Biden Administration announced a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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06/17/2021
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Wicker’s Sport Fishing, Wildlife Conservation Legislation Clears Senate Commerce Committee
he legislation would reauthorize the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, which provides nearly $650 million each year for fishery restoration and conservation programs, boating access and infrastructure, and fish stocking programs important to recreational anglers.