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June 15, 2023
Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Hyde Smith Schatz Lead Reintroduction of Bill to Expand Telehealth Access Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities 60 Senators Cosponsor Bipartisan...every part of the country get the care they need and it s here to stay Schatz said Our comprehensive bill makes it easier for more people to see their doctors no matter where they live Wicker Hyde Smith and...the most comprehensive legislation on telehealth in Congress Since 2016 several provisions of the bill were enacted into law or adopted by the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services including provisions...
October 6, 2021
Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Hyde Smith Cosponsor Bill To Protect Disaster Relief Health Professional Volunteers October 6 2021 WASHINGTON D C U S Senators...Mississippians have a long history of standing with their fellow citizens in times of crisis said Wicker This bill would extend legal protections to health care professionals who volunteer and help our nation be more...damages associated with their volunteer work However that law does not protect individual volunteers The bill would only apply to licensed medical providers and will not protect against litigation for damage...
December 7, 2009
Twitter Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Senate Health Bill Raises Costs and Expands Government With No Real Reform December 7 2009 With the critical and consequential...consequential health care debate now before the Senate my guiding principles have been simple Any health care bill must enact the reforms that the people of Mississippi have asked for and deserve It must lower health...colleagues and I have been given some time to examine the Democrats 2 074 page health care reform bill it is evident that this proposal does not meet those goals If it is enacted Americans will face higher...
July 8, 2008
YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Says Senate Appropriations Bill Contains 500 000 for King s Daughters Regional Medical Center in Brookhaven July 8 2008 WASHINGTON...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 Roger Wicker for the King s Daughters...Brookhaven I look forward to working with Sen Cochran to ensure this important funding is advanced as this bill moves through the remainder of the legislative process Alvin Hoover CEO of King s Daughters Medical...
November 23, 2009
Releases Wicker Votes No Says Democrats Health Care Bill Spends Too Much Taxes Too Much and Slashes Medicare Senate Vote Clears Procedural Hurdle for Bill Health Care Debate to Begin After Thanksgiving November...statement Tonight Senate Democrats voted to bring their 2 074 page 2 5 trillion health care reform bill to the floor for consideration I voted no because it would implement job killing tax increases cut...to begin debate on the bill after the Senate resumes following the Thanksgiving holiday Permalink https www wicker senate gov 2009 11 wicker votes no says democrats health care bill spends too much taxes...
December 8, 2021
Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Hyde Smith Effort to Stop Biden Vaccine Mandate on Businesses Passes Senate Miss Senators Cosponsored Congressional Review Act Challenge to Overreaching Mandate December...an Executive Branch rule to stop the Biden private sector vaccine mandate S J Res 29 now requires House approval President Biden s unconstitutional vaccine mandates are rightfully being challenged in the...
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 7, 2019
Wicker Bills Become Law Before Start of New Congress Policies Promise to Benefit State and Entire Gulf Region January 7 2019 As the days dwindled in 2018 legislative activity quickened on several bills I had...Congress Some were passed and signed into law as part of sweeping legislation such as my bill to help advance precision agriculture technology which was included in the farm bill and my bill to streamline vessel...included in the reauthorization of the Coast Guard Other bills became public law on their own Although different in scope these stand alone bills had a common denominator to advance the strengths of our...
July 18, 2016
Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Supports Fight Against Opioid Crisis Bipartisan Bill Would Give Communities the Resources to Save Lives July 18 2016 There are now more deaths by drug...has taken up the fight against addiction in a constructive bipartisan manner Earlier this month the House and Senate came to an agreement on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act CARA putting together...advocates and public officials have endorsed this effort Like the individual House and Senate versions of CARA the measure passed with strong support It now needs the President s signature to become law which...
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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