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December 28, 2015
bipartisan bills have been passed and more than 30 have become law A restored committee process has replaced gridlock and dysfunction with discussion and debate on urgent issues More bills have come to...limits all 12 of the annual appropriations bills were approved by the Appropriations Committee for the first time in six years Education Highway and Rural Water Bills Become Law Major priorities signed into...reforms and critical upgrades to our country s aging roads and bridges The Every Student Succeeds Act passed the Senate with an overwhelming vote of 85 12 ending the Common Core mandate and putting more power...
November 17, 2015
portions of the plan have already gone into effect Both measures were passed by the same number of votes 52 46 They now await action in the House of Representatives The Administration s expensive plan consists...congressional delegation in sending a letter to EPA the United States Department of Agriculture and the White House Office of Management and Budget calling for an investigation into whether carbon dioxide reduction...
March 5, 2019
industries and the communities they support but also burden all Americans with extremely high energy bills The plan includes the elimination of gas powered vehicles including airplanes and requires a costly...False Promises The demands of the Green New Deal go well beyond energy The plan also would guarantee housing health care high wage jobs food and paid vacations for all Americans including those unwilling to...proposal yet many are taking it seriously The resolution has the support of 90 members of the U S House of Representatives and 12 members of the U S Senate Several candidates for President of the United...
August 3, 2015
Administration s overreach would force many Americans out of work leaving them with a multi billion dollar bill in the process Wicker said Low income families in particular are likely to take the biggest hit from...remember that these regulations have nothing to do with cutting smog or achieving cleaner air The White House has no business unilaterally picking winners and losers when it comes to the nation s energy portfolio...Environmental Protection Agency EPA the United States Department of Agriculture USDA and the White House Office of Management and Budget OMB calling for an investigation into whether carbon dioxide reduction...
June 16, 2015
and energy infrastructure June 16 2015 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R MS today cosponsored a bill authored by Sens Mark R Warner D VA and Roy Blunt R MO to establish a new infrastructure financing...time when Congress has once again kicked the can down the road passing 33 short term patches instead of a long term surface transportation bill this legislation demonstrates that there is a real willingness...PROVISIONSThe BRIDGE Act establishes independent non partisan operations Having project finance experts in house will help states and localities go toe to toe with private sector partners to ensure that taxpayers...
November 4, 2015
and other non navigable waters The Senate passed the resolution of disapproval authored by Sen Joni Ernst R Iowa by a vote 53 44 It now awaits action in the House of Representatives The Administration s...
March 21, 2013
Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Applauds Committee Passage of Water Resources Legislation Bill Advances Important Waterways Projects in Mississippi March 21 2013 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Roger...Resources Development Act of 2013 S 601 by the Senate s Environment and Public Works Committee The bill supports the development of water related resources and authorizes the Secretary of the Army to construct...harbors Sen Wicker was named to the EPW Committee this year and worked to include language in the bill supporting needed maintenance dredging at the Port of Gulfport Projects that strengthen America s...
June 8, 2023
s blatant and illegal attacks on domestic energy cannot go unchallenged I m proud to support this bill American innovation and production must be put first to bolster energy security and I hope the President...leading a similar effort in the House of Representatives Congress can consider these resolutions using expedited procedures under the Congressional Review Act and can pass it by a simple majority vote The...
January 14, 2016
allocate 100 million annually over the next five years The measure was included in the highway bill which was passed by Congress and signed into law in December Permalink https www wicker senate gov 2016 1 wicker...
September 20, 2021
inflation this past March when they passed their COVID relief package without any Republican votes Unlike the previous five relief bills which were bipartisan the Democrat bill was unnecessary and poorly targeted...congressional Democrats are steamrolling ahead with a 4 2 trillion tax and spending bill authored by socialist Senator Bernie Sanders The bill contains a wish list of left wing priorities including multi billion dollar...dollar giveaways to green companies as well as attempts to reengineer childcare and preschool This bill reeks of a government knows best mentality and would be the largest expansion of government in 50...
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