In the Spotlight: Roger Wicker

In the Spotlight: Roger Wicker

​Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker is pushing to boost national security spending through normal budgetary channels heading into the next fiscal year, warning that defense priorities are “far from paid for” under the House-passed reconciliation text. The Mississippi Republican called the bill “a start” but rejected the notion that the administration’s proposed $1 trillion fiscal 2026 defense budget, a plan that hinges the bulk of its D…