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June 22, 2015
to Reform Rail System Bipartisan Bill Prioritizes Safety Efficient Use of Taxpayer Dollars June 22 2015 Sen Cory Booker D N J and I have unveiled a new bipartisan bill to upgrade America s passenger rail...Railroad Reform Enhancement and Efficiency Act it would be the first comprehensive rail bill since Congress passed the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act in 2008 Two former lawmakers from our...N J were the authors of that earlier legislation Increasing public safety is a top priority in the bill authored by Sen Booker and me Last month s derailment of an Amtrak train in Pennsylvania is a tragic...
June 13, 2016
Highlights Mississippi s Role in National Defense No Plans for Base Closings in 2017 Authorization Bill June 13 2016 Military commanders rely on the annual National Defense Authorization Act to prepare...especially pleased that this year s defense bill would not authorize any new rounds of base closings an ill advised idea with so many global threats at hand Instead the bill would strengthen Mississippi s military...Lindsey Graham R S C in last year s defense bill created a National Commission on the Future of the Army to provide thorough recommendations The 2017 defense bill supports these recommendations including...
January 27, 2017
Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Puts Pro Life Legislation on Senate Agenda Bill Would Impose Permanent Restrictions on Taxpayer Funded Abortions January 27 2017 The annual March...Sens Pat Roberts R Kan and Deb Fischer R Neb This is the fourth Congress in which I have introduced a bill that would permanently prohibit taxpayer funding for abortions Most Americans oppose this use of taxpayer...federal dollars from funding abortions by attaching the Hyde Amendment to each annual appropriations bill My bill would eliminate the need for this annual action Rather than continuing a piecemeal approach it...
January 7, 2015
They ll be able to see where we stand on the key issues of the day Wicker also spoke on the need to pass bipartisan legislation such as approving the Keystone XL pipeline restoring the 40 hour workweek and...repealing the medical device tax We now have an opportunity to give Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate the opportunity to work together on these important issues and to send them to the President...
March 12, 2018
Supports Senate Effort to Roll Back Dodd Frank Regs Community Banks to Benefit From Banking Reform Bill March 12 2018 For the past eight years our nation s small banks and credit unions have been caught...compliance costs have hampered the important roles these local banks play Now with a new bipartisan bill for banking reform the Senate has a good chance of providing much needed regulatory relief to the...communities I support this aggressive rollback of Dodd Frank s harmful regulations and look forward to the bill reaching the President s desk Having cast a firm no vote when Dodd Frank was considered by the Democrat...
December 17, 2015
December 17 2015 Watch as U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss discusses his bipartisan rail infrastructure bill co authored by Sen Cory Booker D N J The measure was recently signed into law Permalink https www...
July 6, 2015
Bipartisan Education Bill Would Offer States More Control Flexibility July 6 2015 School may be out for the summer but lawmakers have an important assignment to complete in the coming days A bill to reform America...Careers As co chair of the Senate STEM Education and Workforce Caucus I am especially pleased with the bill s attention to the importance of teaching science technology engineering and mathematics STEM Specifically...create a STEM Master Teacher Corps to recruit and retain teachers in these fields In addition the bill would authorize funding for the professional development of STEM teachers It also includes STEM in...
December 24, 2018
Deliver Tax Cuts Reverse Military Decline and Roll Back Regulation December 24 2018 A full year has passed since Congress enacted the most significant tax reform of the past 31 years and its positive effects...tax code was a milestone moment leading to bigger paychecks a simplified tax system and new jobs The bill created Opportunity Zones to help spur business investment in our country s most disadvantaged areas...The most recent additions to that list are a prison reform bill to lower the recidivism rate among repeat offenders and a five year farm bill to provide stability for our farmers Here are a few other important...
December 19, 2019
YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Votes to Fund the Government Bills Supporting National Defense Border Security Health and Infrastructure Head to President s Desk December...appropriations bills to fund the entire federal government for the fiscal year The bills will now go to the president s desk for his signature I am disappointed that Congress has failed to pass individual...individual appropriations bills this year This flawed process is not the way to govern Wicker said However I am encouraged that with this agreement we will avoid the damaging effects of another continuing resolution...
February 2, 2015
the middle class and led to the weakest economic recovery in decades In the coming weeks Senate and House Republicans will begin turning the page by developing a budget plan that works for the American people...
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