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Roger Wicker is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Mississippi since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, Wicker previously served as a United States Representative from 1995 to 2008. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on issues such as national defense, economic development, and healthcare. Wicker has been involved in various legislative efforts and has held significant positions on committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee.
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to increase the…
I thank the Senator for her assurance, and I withdraw my objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is withdrawn. Amendment No. 2812 (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)
reserving the right to object, I understand that we are moving to consideration of the Transportation and HUD appropriations bill. Is that correct, Mr. President? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up my amendment No. 2815. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The…
if Paris accomplishes everything they want to, and if you use their own projections, if we measure the impact of every nation fulling every promise by the year 2030, the total temperature reduction will be 0.048 degrees Celsius.
I have a motion to instruct at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Wicker] moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the…
in a few moments we are going to vote on a motion to instruct the conferees on the highway bill. It will be a motion to instruct them not to proceed with a Federal mandate that would force these long double trailers called twin 33s on the…
I understand I have 2 minutes. I will speak briefly and then yield to Senator Feinstein. This is what this is about, these twin 33 double trailers, which are longer than is legal in 38 States. The question is whether we as a Senate, we as…
I ask unanimous consent that the remaining time while we are in quorum calls be divided equally between the parties. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
And that deals with the waters of the United States rule; is that correct, Mr. President? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
If I could, I would also like to ask that Senator Blunt's poster be placed back on the easel, because I agree with what the Senator from Missouri had to say about the so-called waters of the United States rule. It is a massive Federal…
what is the pending business? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending business is S.J. Res. 22.
as outrageous as Mr. Putin's actions have been in Syria, there's one thing you can say for him. He's standing by his only friend in the region.
there is not a country in the Middle East who we have a relationship with who has--who doesn't have doubts about America, in terms of its reliability and its trustworthiness to back them up in times of peril.
To what extent did this surprise action by Russia in Syria represent an intelligence failure?
So, Senator Thune is sitting in his air-conditioned, huge, multiple-hundred-thousand-dollar implement in South Dakota, drinking his cup of coffee...
From my visits to Electric Boat and my recent visit with Senator Kaine to Newport News, I've learned that the Virginia-class submarine program is one of the navy's highest performing ship programs.
I understand that General Atomics' AAG contract is a firm fixed-price contract.
There is, of course, an appeals court in one section of the country who has expressed serious doubts as to whether it is legal. I share those doubts.
I am going to submit several questions for the record to you, outlining the objections of these people with a clean air agenda in the State of Mississippi.
I am wearing purple today in honor of World Alzheimer's Month. As a matter of fact, yesterday, September 21, was World Alzheimer's Day. So I have chosen today to introduce a bill that I hope will lead to a major breakthrough in fighting…
I would like to host you on a ride along that proposed route with the other members of the delegation.
It seems to me that what that would do is leave it up entirely to the discretion of the FRA.
I would appreciate you coming back to us and the Administration coming back to us about what vehicle we might have.
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