U.S. Senator from Mississippi

Roger Wicker

Republican · Mississippi

Former House member, serving in Senate since 2007. Armed Services Committee chair. Air Force Reserve veteran. Focus on defense, telecommunications, and Gulf Coast issues.

Record

Conservative Republican. Armed Services Committee chair focused on military readiness and Gulf Coast military installations. Commerce background in telecommunications regulation.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

S.5095 — Tire Safety Modernization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
S.4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Introduced, Jun 15, 2026)
S.4164 — A bill to make technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. (Introduced, Mar 23, 2026)
S.4154 — Research and Oversight of AI in Courts Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 19, 2026)
S.4138 — A bill to waive the 60-day notice requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army. (Signed into law, Mar 18, 2026)
This act allows for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork to the rank of major in the Army without the required 60-day notice to Congress.
S.3791 — Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Reported, Feb 5, 2026)
S.3678 — Voluntary Limited Accreditation for Adoption Services Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2026)
S.323 — PLAN for Broadband Act (Introduced, Jan 29, 2025)
Proper Leadership to Align Networks for Broadband Act or the PLAN for Broadband Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to develop and implement a national strategy to improve the coordination and management of federal broadband programs and…

Notable votes

Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

S.2903 — Safe Step Act (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
S.3982 — AI Fraud Accountability Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
S.4441 — CREATE AI Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
S.5131 — A bill to analyze the feasibility of attaching Department of State consular officers to Coast Guard and Navy missions in Pacific Island countries. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
S.4952 — Protecting American Taxpayers Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
S.4233 — Save Struggling Hospitals Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
S.5025 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
S.3332 — More Homes on the Market Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)

Voting analysis

Roger Wicker chairs the armed services committee, sits ex officio on every one of its subcommittees, and sponsors the annual defence authorisation itself. The gavel, the subcommittee coverage and the bill are one continuous piece of work.

758

Bills sponsored

4514

Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 6 currently sit at Introduced.

The filings

Beyond the authorisation and a set of technical corrections to the previous year's version, his displayed bills cover tire safety modernisation, broadband planning, and research and oversight of artificial intelligence in the courts. Two of the five are the defence bill in one form or another, which is what a committee chairman's filing record tends to look like.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Roger Wicker's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (1), Congress (1), International Affairs (1), Law (1), Transportation and Public Works (1).

Foreign aid, and everything else

Three of his departures belong to a foreign aid supplemental he supported at passage, at cloture and on the amendment carrying its substance — voting to advance it while most of his conference did not. The rest run the other way: amendments his party supported that he voted down, a benefits bill he opposed at passage, and a housing measure he declined at two stages.

6.0%

Votes against the Republican majority

215

Roll calls where a party majority formed

25 of 51

Rank among Senate Republicans, most defections first

The 10 most recent of 13 roll calls where Roger Wicker voted against the Senate Republican majority.
Roll call	Date	Outcome	Their vote
H.R. 6644 Motion to Invoke Cloture: H.R. 6644 as amended On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6644 · roll call 119	Mar 11, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	Nay (party: Yea)
H.R. 6644 Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4308 to H.R. 6644 (No short title on file) · roll call 119	Mar 11, 2026	Amendment Agreed to	Nay (party: Yea)
H.R. 7148 Paul Amdt. No. 4272 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4272 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file) · roll call 119	Jan 30, 2026	Amendment Rejected	Nay (party: Yea)
H.R. 1968 Paul Amdt. No. 1266 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968 (No short title on file) · roll call 119	Mar 14, 2025	Amendment Rejected	Nay (party: Yea)
H.R. 82 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 82 · roll call 118	Dec 21, 2024	Bill Passed	Nay (party: Yea)
H.R. 82 Paul Amdt. No. 3352 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3352 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118	Dec 20, 2024	Amendment Rejected	Nay (party: Yea)
H.R. 4366 Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4366 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 4366 · roll call 118	Mar 8, 2024	Cloture Motion Agreed to	Yea (party: Nay)
H.R. 815 H.R. 815, as Amended On Passage of the Bill H.R. 815 · roll call 118	Feb 13, 2024	Bill Passed	Yea (party: Nay)
H.R. 815 Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: H.R. 815 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 815 · roll call 118	Feb 12, 2024	Cloture Motion Agreed to	Yea (party: Nay)
H.R. 815 Murray Amdt. No. 1388 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1388 to H.R. 815 (No short title on file) · roll call 118	Feb 12, 2024	Amendment Agreed to	Yea (party: Nay)

Above the Mississippi average

Mississippi's two Republican senators sit some way apart on this measure, and Wicker is the more frequent departer of them.

Among the 2 Republicans in the Mississippi delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.9%. Roger Wicker is above that average at 6.0%.

Tenure and attendance

His service reaches back to the middle of the nineteen-nineties across both chambers. His absences are modest.

First elected in 1995, now serving across 17 terms. Roger Wicker falls in the veteran cohort.

2.3%

Roll calls recorded as not voting

220

Roll calls eligible to vote on

Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Roger Wicker has 758 bills sponsored, 4514 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Cochairman)
Senate Committee on Armed Services (Chairman)
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex Officio)
Senate Committee on Armed Services: Airland (Ex Officio)
Senate Committee on Armed Services: Cybersecurity (Ex Officio)
Senate Committee on Armed Services: Emerging Threats and Capabilities (Ex Officio)
Senate Committee on Armed Services: Personnel (Ex Officio)
Senate Committee on Armed Services: Readiness and Management Support (Ex Officio)
Senate Committee on Armed Services: Seapower (Ex Officio)

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