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April 20, 2016
Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Senate Updates U S Energy Policy Comprehensive Energy Bill Passes Chamber for First Time Since 2007 April 20 2016 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss today...today voted in favor of legislation to modernize the nation s energy infrastructure lower utility bills for consumers and promote job creation in the energy sector The Energy Policy Modernization Act S 2012...Murkowski R Alaska and Maria Cantwell D Wash is the first comprehensive energy bill to pass the Senate in nearly a decade The bill passed by a vote of 85 12 This was an opportunity that we simply could not afford...
February 10, 2014
Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Military Pension Bill Must Include Offset Miss Senator Calls on Senate to Keep Its Promise to Military Retirees February...military retirees The cuts were included in the budget deal signed into law in December The current bill does not pay for the reinstatement of the funds but I am hopeful that Majority Leader Reid will allow...military retirement benefits Permalink https www wicker senate gov 2014 2 wicker military pension bill must include offset Home Privacy Policy Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube...
November 30, 2010
Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Says Food Safety Bill Adds to National Debt and Expands Federal Workforce November 30 2010 WASHINGTON DC U S Senator Roger...Roger Wicker R Miss issued the following statement today after voting against S 510 the Food Safety bill It is important that we modernize our food safety efforts but we should do so in a way that does not...producers and add to the national debt Unfortunately there were not enough improvements made to this bill to address my concerns This legislation includes a 1 5 billion price tag and would greatly expand...
June 27, 2016
Identifying Spending Priorities Senate Continues to Pass Annual Funding Bills With Strong Bipartisan Support June 27 2016 When Congress votes on appropriations bills the legislative branch is fulfilling its constitutional...The Senate has already passed three appropriations bills this year highlighting a number of priorities affecting veterans energy resources and transportation infrastructure The bills have received overwhelming...overwhelming bipartisan support The fourth appropriations bill to reach the Senate floor would fund measures important to national security and economic development A vote on its passage is expected in the coming...
October 29, 2018
Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Points to the Lasting Impact of Tax Reform Defense Bills With Landmark Laws Congress Delivers Results October 29 2018 Just a few days ago President Trump signed...the growing list of laws enacted by this Congress The legislation continues Congress s practice of passing a major water infrastructure package every two years It also demonstrates a commitment by lawmakers...action Tax Reform s Ripple Effect A particularly historic moment happened late last year when Congress passed the first major overhaul of our tax code in more than 30 years At the center of the Tax Cuts and...
December 18, 2025
Press Releases Home News Press Releases Chairman Wicker Applauds Payment for Troops to Assist with Housing Costs December 18 2025 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss Chairman of the Senate Armed...Trump and Secretary Hegseth for using reconciliation funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill to address housing costs for service members The Chairman released the following statement I commend President...Congress provided to help offset housing costs for service members This one time payment combined with an average 4 2 percent increase to the Basic Allowance for Housing and 3 8 percent military pay raise...
August 27, 2018
Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Says Senate Is Getting the Job Done on Funding Bills Lawmakers Have Overcome Past Roadblocks in Exercising Power of the Purse August 27 2018 The Senate...way to becoming law When the House of Representatives gavels back into session after Labor Day the Senate will have passed at least 9 of the 12 annual appropriations bills demonstrating significant and...spending bill to fund the departments of Health and Human Services Education and Labor Funding for these departments had not received Senate floor consideration since 2007 but has now been passed by a vote...
January 31, 2026
of Appropriations Bills January 31 2026 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss today highlighted the Mississippi wins in the appropriations package that includes appropriation bills for Defense Labor...Human Services Education Transportation Housing and Urban Development and Financial Services This is how Congress should operate passing federal spending bills through the appropriations process I am pleased...initiatives funded in this appropriations package Mississippi Projects in the FY26 Defense Appropriations Bill 897 million for defense medical research rapid and transformative innovation is critical to ensure...
April 16, 2015
YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Appointed to Budget Conference House Senate Leaders Set to Negotiate Final Federal Spending Framework April 16 2015 WASHINGTON U S Senator...appointed to be a conferee on the House Senate committee responsible for ironing out differences between the chambers budget resolutions Republicans are committed to passing a joint budget resolution that...return in October Four amendments authored by Wicker in the Budget Resolution S Con Res 11 which passed the Senate on March 27 include Requiring CBO to perform long term estimates of the budgetary effects...
December 5, 2016
Alzheimer s Prize Competitions Greater FDA Transparency in Major Research Bill December 5 2016 The House of Representatives has passed the 21st Century Cures Act a long awaited bipartisan package of legislative...and remove barriers to groundbreaking new patient treatments The Senate is expected to consider the bill in the coming days and I anticipate it will draw similarly strong support A EUREKA Moment Several...authored the EUREKA Act as a way to help initiate prize competitions in the fight against Alzheimer s The bill earned the bipartisan endorsement of 62 lawmakers in the Senate We all saw the potential for public...
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