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September 19, 2022
Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Urges Senate to Pass Defense Bill Schumer Stalls Defense Bill to Focus on Partisan Agenda September 19 2022 One of the most important jobs of...Authorization Act a bill that has been passed annually since 1961 Congress should be taking up this all important legislation now Unfortunately Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has shelved the bill in order to...Committee I helped negotiate this year s defense bill which passed out of committee by an overwhelming vote of 23 3 Three months later however the bill still has not been considered by the full Senate...
July 3, 2017
Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Supports Bill to Improve Air Travel Rural Airports Senate Commerce Committee Passes FAA Reauthorization July 3 2017 A record number of Americans more...Those flying out of major urban hubs might face flight delays because of airport congestion The Senate bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration FAA seeks to improve the air travel experiences...As a member of the Senate s Commerce Science and Transportation Committee I voted in favor of the bill in committee and look forward to its eventual enactment into law before the current FAA authorization...
September 19, 2016
Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Water Resources Bill Would Move Mississippi Projects Forward Bipartisan Legislation Passes Senate With Broad Support September 19 2016 Earlier this year I...priorities were included in WRDA during the committee process Before the final version of the bill was passed Sen Thad Cochran and I advocated for provisions like the expansion of the Delta Headwaters Project...potential dams through federal grants Even though Congress should pass a water resources bill every two years the 2014 WRDA was the first to pass Congress in seven years Enactment of the 2016 WRDA would be a...
August 7, 2023
Defense Bill U S Military Bill Recognizes Mississippi s Role in National Defense August 7 2023 Last month by an 86 11 vote the Senate passed its version of the government s annual national security bill called...which is responsible for writing the bill Though the legislation does not include everything I wanted it takes important steps to provide for the common defense The bill would refocus the Pentagon on warfighting...s NDAA helps accomplish that The bill would prioritize our greatest asset our people The NDAA would bring a substantial pay raise to all troops and would make housing and healthcare more affordable for...
August 16, 2021
Physical Infrastructure Bill Bipartisan Bill to Invest Billions in Mississippi Projects August 16 2021 After months of negotiations the Senate recently passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that will make historic...negotiators eventually united around a much smaller bill focusing on core infrastructure priorities that provide direct benefits to our communities The bill is still far from perfect but I believe these targeted...the surface transportation bill that I helped negotiate as the lead Republican on the Commerce Committee and which passed out of our committee 25 3 The provisions in that bill will ensure Mississippi gets...
February 1, 2016
Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Senate Sets Sights on Comprehensive Energy Bill Bill Would Promote Efficiency Accountability and All of the Above Energy Approach February 1 2016 The...energy has reached the forefront of the Senate s legislative agenda The time is ripe for a major energy bill following the bipartisan success of education and transportation reforms in the 114th Congress In...comprehensive energy bill to reach the Senate floor in nearly a decade Modernizing Infrastructure Lowering Utility Bills America s energy landscape has changed drastically since the last energy bill eight years...
April 10, 2023
Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Applauds House GOP Energy Bill The Lower Energy Costs Act Would Lower Prices and Promote Energy Independence April 10 2023...disastrous war on American energy it is encouraging to see that a far better approach may soon be passed by the U S House of Representatives The new Republican majority there is putting forward an alternative that...bipartisan support in the Senate Unfortunately Senator Schumer has no interest in discussions declaring the bill dead on arrival Energy Independence Would Make Us Safer Producing our own oil gas and minerals protects...
June 2, 2025
Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Backs Bill To Bankrupt Putin President Rightly Condemns Putin s Crimes June 2 2025 President Trump recently announced...the world We regularly use economic penalties otherwise known as sanctions to box out bad actors from American run trading systems Sanctions limit access to banks and payment technology and they keep people...support for legislation that could enact the sanctions President Trump is considering At this point more than 80 of 100 senators have publicly supported a bill that would punish other countries for purchasing...
July 28, 2008
Breakthrough On Housing Bill Good For Mississippi Broad Housing Assistance Measure Also Includes Important GO Zone Provision July 28 2008 A breakthrough last week in negotiations on major housing assistance...stability to the housing market and that is good news for Mississippians and people across our country After President Bush dropped his opposition to the bill early last week the House of Representatives...Representatives quickly passed the measure As this column was being written the Senate was poised to approve the bill which was the product of months of bipartisan compromise While not perfect this broad legislation...
December 17, 2018
See Farm Bill Pass Final Hurdle Positive Senate Outcome Followed Months of Negotiations December 17 2018 The Senate has passed the Agriculture Improvement Act sending to President Trump a bill that empowers...commonly known as the Farm Bill reauthorizes 867 billion over the next five years to support critical programs for our farmers low income Americans and rural communities Although the bill s negotiations were...imperative for lawmakers to pass this bill before the end of the year and the start of a new Congress In the end the bill earned overwhelming support in the Senate and the House of Representatives U S Farmers...
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