WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Press reports emerged Thursday indicating that the Biden administration is hauling off unused border panels in Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points border zones, potentially in direct contravention of Senator Roger Wicker's, R-Miss.,'s FINISH IT Act which became law last year in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. Specifically, the FINISH IT Act forced the Department of Defense (DoD) t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Hyde-Smith Measure Pays Tribute to Gottsch, the RFD-TV Founder Who Passed Away This Year Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today secured Senate passage of her resolution honoring the life and legacy of Patrick Gottsch, the founder of radio and television outlets that promoted the values of rural America and agricultural issues. Hyde-Smith used a rare live unanimous consent request to gain approval  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawai'i, led a bipartisan and bicameral group of 100 lawmakers in calling for the extension of expanded Medicare coverage of telehealth services to be included in a year-end appropriations package. Provisions from the Wicker-Schatz legislation, the CONNECT for Health Act, were included in previous COVID-19 relief legislation to allow Medicare beneficiar  more