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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 thank the Chair for recognizing me and I appreciate the time. I want to agree with my friend from Rhode Island to this extent: He said this debate is based on a false premise. And I agree with him in this respect. This is not a reality…
I said the FCC needed to focus on broadband availability, while reigning in cost and remaining adequately responsive to the unique needs of rural America.
I urge the FCC to move forward on the second part of USF reform, and focus on contribution to ensure that we complete modernization of USF.
I've advocated device interoperability, along with a number of competitive wireless carriers operating in the United States.
I rise in support of the Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act, S. 1058. In light of the Federal Trade Commission's recent decision to allow the merger of two Pharmacy Benefit Managers, creating the largest PBM in our nation, I call…
I expect that there will be an increasing number of veterans that will be diagnosed with PTSD.
Admiral Blake, why did the Navy cut seven Ticonderoga Aegis-class cruisers early and put two landing ship dock (LSD) amphibious ships in reduced operating status?
Lieutenant General Mills, does this mean that the Marine Corps will be operating two different combat vehicles during the land phase of an amphibious assault, the ACV and the MPC?
How much money will actually be saved by cancellation of the EFV if the Marine Corps must extend the life of the AAV and design and build two new vehicles, the ACV and the MPC?
The requests from combatant commanders for amphibious ships has increased over 80 percent in the last 5 years.
How much funding does the Marine Corps estimate will be required--or how much is available--for a SLEP?
The wind-up of the EFV is focused on harvesting relevant technology from the EFV program to transfer to the new ACV.
do the Navy and the Marine Corps stand behind the requirement to conduct amphibious operations against a defended shoreline, or can requirements and costs be reduced to support landings in only uncontested areas--in other words, is the…
Many supporters of the Marine Corps, including this Senator, were disappointed by the cancellation of the EFV, but we also understood that it was not a financially viable solution.
I believe these proposed cuts to our naval capabilities without a plan to compensate for them will place our strategic interests in the Asia-Pacific region and Arabian Sea at greater risk.
this week marks the somber anniversary 2 years ago, on Friday, April 20, 2010, of an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico which took 11 lives and triggered the worst oilspill in American history. We still…
Admiral Blake, what would be the cost to keep these ships without retiring them?
Admiral Burke, how does retiring seven Ticonderoga Aegis-class cruisers early and putting two LSD amphibious ships in reduced operating status square away with the Secretary of Defense's new strategic guidance?
Admiral Burke, what are the potential operational implications of these early retirements?
one of the many new technologies on the Ford-class aircraft carrier is the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear.
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