Today Senator Roger Wicker voted to confirm Scott Pruitt as the next Environmental Protection Agency Administrator. In a speech delivered to the Senate in support of Pruitt’s nomination, Wicker says he believes Pruitt can take on polluters and finalize multi-state…
US Senator Roger Wicker met with President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, this morning. After the meeting, Senator Wicker talked about the judge’s track record and why he thinks he’d be perfect for our nation’s supreme…
Next year, the U.S. Senate will take a look at ways to rework the higher education policy. Senator Roger Wicker wants to hear from our state colleges before he gets involved in the decision making. That’s why he made a…
Donald Trump has named Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his choice for secretary of state early this morning. The 64-year-old Tillerson is a longtime oil executive with no government or diplomatic experience. Those in favor of the pick call…
Trump will now have a Republican majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives which can boost his chances of enacting major items on his agenda. Today, News 25 caught up with Senator Roger Wicker who says he…
United States Senator Roger Wicker calls for a response from the Veteran Affairs Office after the release of what he calls “troubling reports.” According to Wicker, new allegations show that only one to six people who were responsible for manipulating…
Senator Wicker took full advantage of his visit to the Coast by stopping in Gulfport to tour one of the University of Southern Mississippi’s research vessels for the very first time. The Point Sur was originally built in 1980 and…
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker is a Donald Trump supporter, but says he doesn’t agree with Trump’s recent controversial interaction with the father of a slain Muslim U.S. Soldier. Senator Wicker was on the Coast today making a few stops, including…
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker will be here on the coast this morning. He will tour two University Of Southern Mississippi research vessels at the port of Gulfport. The 135-foot r/v/ point sur was built in 1980 and acquired by the…
School may be out, but the conversation surrounding the restrooms inside them continues to rule the summer. Recently, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker spoke out against the Obama Administration’s recent guidance to public schools regarding Title IX protections. That guidance asks…
Our nation’s capital is honoring a Long Beach woman as an “angel of adoption.”
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today announced that 200 tickets are available to view Pope Francis's address to a Joint Meeting of Congress.
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker took time out of his busy schedule to stop by WXXV’s studio to talk state and national politics.
Today Senator Roger Wicker was on the coast speaking to the Gulf Coast Business Community.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued a rule to require physicians at critical access hospitals to certify that a patient will remain hospitalized no longer than four days.
Legislation would provide reciprocity for legal gun owners across state lines.
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, has voted in favor of the “Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act.”
Senator Roger Wicker was on the Gulf Coast Wednesday.
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued a statement regarding news reports of U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Khorasan targets in Syria.
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued a following statement after voting in favor of a House bill to fund the government until December 2014 and assist Syrian opposition forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (I.S.I.S.)