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September 28, 2016
Press Releases Wicker Senate Approves Temporary Gov t Funding Bill Chamber Passes Measure After Democrats Drop Objections to Clean Spending Bill September 28 2016 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss...increasing spending Every appropriations bill was reported out of the committee Ten of those bills received unanimous support from Republicans and Democrats Only when those bills reached the Senate floor did Harry...Senate Democratic leadership blow up the appropriations process in the name of election year politics House and Senate Republicans worked in good faith to avert a government shutdown and overcome that obstruction...
September 23, 2022
Malnutrition Passes Senate Global Health Bill Headed to White House For Signature September 23 2022 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss celebrated the passage of his bipartisan bill to bolster federal...to prevent and treat malnutrition globally passed the Senate last night on a voice vote After previously passing the House on a strong bipartisan vote the bill now heads to President Biden for his signature...lives U S Senators John Boozman R Ark Chris Coons D Del and Tim Kaine D Va also led the bill The bill was led in the House of Representatives by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks D N Y and Ranking...
May 4, 2015
Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Cochran Support Bill to Dismantle Obamacare Miss Senators Back Bill to End Individual Employer Mandates Transition for Current Obamacare Enrollees...marketplace Americans currently receiving subsidies should not abruptly lose their coverage Wicker said This bill would help prevent innocent people from being harmed simply because they relied on the Administration...already suffered enough from the law s skyrocketing premiums canceled plans and website glitches This bill is a reasonable step toward allowing families and individuals not the Obama administration to make...
December 1, 2016
YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker s Alzheimer s Initiative Passes House EUREKA Act Moves One Step Closer to Becoming Law Senate to Act Next Week December 1 2016 WASHINGTON...becoming law Wicker s bill the Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer s EUREKA Act is part of the bicameral bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act which passed the House of Representatives...Representatives today by a vote of 392 26 The Senate could pass the legislation as early as December 6 Unless a cure is found for Alzheimer s treatment costs are expected to grow to an estimated 1 1 trillion by 2050...
July 29, 2014
Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker s Muscular Dystrophy Legislation Passes the House July 29 2014 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss praised the passage of the Muscular...Amendments of 2014 H R 594 by the House of Representatives The bill is the House version of S 315 which was introduced by Wicker and Sen Amy Klobuchar D Minn The Senate bill was passed by the Senate Health Education...said I applaud the House for passing this lifesaving bill and urge the Senate to do the same without delay The MD CARE Act was originally enacted in 2001 and amended in 2008 The bill supports medical research...
November 10, 2015
YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Applauds Passage of Veterans Bill Miss Senator Supports Funding for Veterans and Active Military VA Reform November 10 2015 WASHINGTON...Committee today voted in favor of a bill to fund veterans services military housing and the construction of hospital and health facilities The Senate passed the funding bill H R 2029 by a vote of 93 0 We have...care of our veterans and active military upon their return from service Wicker said This bipartisan bill includes necessary reforms to our VA system as well as funding to ensure readiness and improved quality...
December 8, 2009
Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker GOP Sens Will Take Full Advantage of Rights to Stop Taxpayer Subsidies for Abortion in Spending Bills December 8 2009 WASHINGTON U S Sen Roger Wicker R...Leader Harry Reid regarding several alarming pro abortion provisions in the remaining appropriations bills In the letter 35 senators expressed their willingness to take full advantage of our rights under Senate...are not forced to fund abortion in the Democrats health care legislation or in our annual spending bills Below is text of the letter sent to Harry Reid December 2 2009 The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader...
September 29, 2017
Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Cochran Telehealth Ideas Included in Senate Passed Bill Miss Senators Pushed Bipartisan Provisions to Expand Telehealth Benefits to Medicare Patients September...living with chronic conditions includes four provisions based on the bipartisan telehealth focused bill introduced by Cochran Wicker and others Wicker discussed the promise of telehealth and advocated for...rural and underserved urban areas Specifically the CONNECT for Health Act provisions in the Senate passed CHRONIC Care Act include Home Dialysis Removes existing geographic and location specific restrictions...
September 18, 2018
Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Votes For Final Defense Health Education Funding Bills Bills Would Give Our Troops Pay Raises Support Mississippi Priorities September 18 2018 WASHINGTON U...includes two appropriations bills funding the U S Departments of Defense Labor Health and Human Services HHS and Education Congress is now set to pass 5 of 12 annual appropriations bills representing 75 percent...leadership in Congress and in the White House we are now funding our national priorities in a responsible way and ahead of schedule Wicker said The Defense funding bill would advance our national security...
May 8, 2017
Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Funding Bill Will Advance Trump Agenda Redirecting Obama Era Spending Priorities May 8 2017 Congress has passed legislation to fund the government through September...and I support his efforts Without this bill we would be continuing the spending priorities of the Obama era The comprehensive Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations bill also demonstrates how Republicans are committed...committed to making the tough choices that need to be made to control federal spending This bill adheres to the 2015 Budget Control Act and at 1 1 trillion continues a downward trend in discretionary spending...
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