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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Thursday April 25, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Senator Wicker Votes Yes on National Security Supplemental
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee released the following statements: On passage of the national security supplemental: "Eighty years ago, few Americans knew the names of Pearl Harbor and Normandy. But because of our failure to take deterrence seriously, they soon would. Today the world is talking about Kyiv, Tel Aviv, and Taipei.   more

Senator Wicker Votes Yes to Make TikTok American-Owned
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting to divest the ownership of TikTok from ByteDance, a Chinese internet technology company. Senator Wicker supports countering the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the social media application. "TikTok is not an ordinary social media app  more

Wicker, Ezell Lead Resolution Marking Anniversary of the Establishment of the Seabees
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) and U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (R-MS-04) led a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the United States Naval Construction Force, known as the "Seabees," and thanking them for their service to our country. The lead Democratic sponsors are U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Julia Brownley (D-CA-  more