WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Wicker Leads Senate Armed Services Committee in Defense Innovation Hearing WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led his committee colleagues and a panel of three subject matter experts in a hearing examining the future of defense innovation and acquisition reform. In his opening remarks, Chairman Wicker touted his "  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on President Trump suspending the U.S. Coast Guard's Harassing Behavior Prevention, Response, and Accountability policy. "It is appalling that the Trump Administration has abruptly suspended the Coast  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on President Trump's extreme Federal funding freeze - which will have disastrous ramifications for our homeland security: "I am glad that a Federal court has intervened and has stopped President Trump  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE BILLIONS BY BLOCKING ILLEGAL ALIENS' ACCESS TO FEDERAL CHILD TAX CREDITS Safeguarding American Workers' Benefits Act Offered with Trump in White House, Budget Reconciliation in the Offing WASHINGTON, D.C. - With President Trump back in the Oval Office, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced legislation to save taxpayers billions of do  more