Cochran, Wicker join forces to nix Obamacare panel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have announced their support for legislation to dismantle an Obamacare panel with the authority...
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Senators push efforts to close rural broadband gap
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., reached out to the new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai asking him to consider prioritizing...
Senator Wicker meets with President Trump on disaster recovery
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.,met with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence prior to the President’s remarks to a gathering of Republican members...
Bill in D.C. would stop public money from funding abortion
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., have introduced the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” S....
U.S. Senator makes statement on Trump’s inauguration
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States:...
Sen. Wicker questions nominee for new Secretary of Commerce
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Wilbur Ross has been nominated for President-Elect Trump’s Secretary of Commerce. U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss, questioned him at a hearing Wednesday. ...
Wicker joins Republican leadership in D.C.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has announced that Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., will serve as a counsel to the Majority Leader...
Mississippi students chosen to represent state for Senate Youth Program
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Two students from Southaven and Hattiesburg were chosen to represent the state at the 55th annual Unites States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). ...
U.S. officials move forward with repeal of Obamacare
by Sarah Ulmer
JACKSON, Miss.- U.S. lawmakers have begun the process to repeal the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare.”...
Wicker meets with Secretary of Commerce nominee
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, met with Wilbur Ross regarding his...