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December 29, 2014
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Points to Bipartisan Accomplishments in Lead Up to New Congress As Republicans Prepare to Take Control a...however exceptions to the frequent gridlock and these accomplishments serve as an appropriate starting point for moving forward Legislative highlights of 2014 include A long awaited upgrade for America s ports...remains the state s largest job creator and a massive part of our local economy The new Farm Bill officially titled the Agricultural Act of 2014 will help our farmers and ranchers stay competitive by providing...
February 26, 2021
Projects February 26 2021 WASHINGTON U S Senators Roger Wicker R Miss and Cindy Hyde Smith R Miss with U S Representative Michael Guest R Miss today welcomed the award of more than 5 26 million to boost...include Delta Regional Medical Center Greenville 995 958 to support telemedicine services from 15 sites in Washington Issaquena Humphreys and Sharkey counties and will use the Center s Greenville and Arcola...network hubs connecting six schools a community health clinic a skilled nursing facility and other sites Mississippi Authority for Educational Television Jackson 936 228 to support adding capacity and schools...
April 27, 2016
Releases Wicker Reed Lead Call for Improved Data on Child Participation in NIH Clinical Health Trials 26 U S Senators urge NIH to improve data collection on children participating in clinical health trials...
October 10, 2017
advancements and research Better Results for Diabetes I had the privilege of joining Trump Administration officials members of Mississippi s congressional delegation and UMMC leaders for the Telehealth Center of...uncontrolled diabetes Through its harnessing of technology UMMC now collaborates with 200 service sites in 68 of our 82 counties and has logged more than half a million telehealth visits It exemplifies...Americans to benefit from telehealth services passing the CHRONIC Care Act unanimously on September 26 The bill includes several measures I authored with Sen Brian Schatz D Hawaii to remove restrictions...
June 19, 2015
dental care vision and pharmacy services to more than 23 million individuals yet demand for additional sites and services remains In March Senators Wicker and Debbie Stabenow D Mich led a letter to the U S Senate...center opened nearly half a century ago more than 300 000 patients are served annually at 170 delivery sites In addition to Senators Wicker and Stabenow cosigners of the letter include Sherrod Brown D Ohio Shelley...CHC funding available so health centers are able to keep up with the current demands for additional sites and services For half a century CHCs have been providing comprehensive primary health care and support...
August 3, 2015
500 Mississippians have contacted me in recent weeks horrified by videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of fetal organs obtained from abortions I share their outrage In the coming...important health care services Mississippi for example has more than 170 community health center sites which play a major role in providing quality primary care and screenings for women across the state...The Center for Medical Progress which released the incriminating footage of Planned Parenthood officials has announced that there are more disturbing videos to come At the very least these revelations...
October 13, 2014
later learned that cybersecurity and technology officials at CMS and HHS had concerns with security testing and warned against the full launch of the site on October 1 2013 More Americans Hurt by Law Than...
February 6, 2018
September Cochran and Wicker joined the effort to support the 21 community health centers with 187 sites in 70 Mississippi counties These facilities provide cost effective primary and preventive care to...10 000 sites nationwide Without extension of the Community Health Center Fund CHCF community health centers will lose seventy percent of their funding This will result in an estimated 2 800 site closures...million patients including 330 000 of our nation s veterans and 8 million children at over 10 000 sites nationwide By offering preventative care treating chronic conditions and working to fight the opioid...
September 15, 2016
broadband coverage In July Wicker sent a letter with Senator Joe Manchin D W Va and a bipartisan group of 26 other members calling for the FCC to prioritize new mobile broadband deployment in rural areas as well...over two months to respond doing so just hours before today s hearing During the exchange Wicker pointed out the inadequacy of the agency s response Wicker also questioned Commissioner Ajit Pai about the...
March 26, 2012
President s Health Care Law Milestone Case Highlights Imperative of Taking Flawed Law Off the Books March 26 2012 All eyes will be on the Supreme Court this week as it hears oral arguments on the President s...fundamental constitutional structure of our country Nearly 30 federal cases have contested the law and 26 states including Mississippi are challenging its controversial individual mandate Breathtaking Power...breathtaking in its expansive scope They said it amounts to government regulation on Americans at every point of their life If the Supreme Court disagrees and upholds Obamacare it will set a new and limitless...
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