Roger Wicker

The home is the castle.

Well, it is just heartbreaking.

Interestingly, no causal connection has been found by the Government between the health effects experienced and the drywall.

Dealing with this problem drywall has been a disaster for homeowners.

Tainted drywall has affected thousands of homes throughout the United States.

A great concern of mine is that our Nation's rural areas have the same access to the economic benefits of broadband as those in the more populated areas.

As a Senator representing a rural state, a primary concern of mine is that our Nation's rural areas have the same access to the economic benefits of broadband as those in urban areas.

I want to commend these nominees, and observe that by this point in the hearing you're probably feeling pretty good about your chances for confirmation.

It is important that we have a fully-staffed Federal Communications Commission.

Device interoperability remains a top priority of mine.

It is important that we in Congress--and Commissioners at the FCC -ensure the policies we put forward are technologically neutral.

But is there the likelihood that thousands of people watching this today have 30-inch natural gas pipelines running through their subdivisions without their knowledge?

Is it a good idea for 30-inch natural gas pipes to be running through residential areas like this?

I'm proud that last night that the Senate passed my Pipeline Transportation Safety Improvement Act.

I thank Senator Boxer for her efforts and I will continue working with her and our colleagues to make our country's pipelines safer.

We have a real problem in that local governments don't know what's below, that local residents don't know what's below.

Thank you for acknowledging that one accident is too many. And particularly such a horrific incident as we had in San Bruno is just unthinkable, and horrific.

I'd like to thank Senator Lautenberg for his leadership on this issue, and for working closely with the minority to craft a bill that will make needed improvements while ensuring that pipeline operators will continue to provide a high…

The point is, they are a bunch of average, hard-working Mississippians, average, hard-working Americans, who are glad to come to work each day, working hard to build these boats, and we ought to encourage them. I don't know the corporate…

The Commission needs to make sure it does not embrace one technology over the other.

It's important that carriers willing to invest in rural broadband infrastructure... are not impeded by anti-competitive regulatory framework.

A reformed USF needs to adequately be responsive to the unique needs of rural America.

Let us talk about raising the retirement age because that is one thing that we now have the ability to do in Medicare that would save money in ways that created better incentives.

Proposals that raise marginal tax rates go the wrong direction from a tax reform proposal.

Secretary Panetta, why are these people performing maintenance or conducting training that has traditionally been performed by the Active-Duty Force?