Honorable Roger Wicker
United States Senator, Mississippi, Republican
Senator Wicker was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2007. He was first elected to his seat in 2008. He serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from the March 3 and March 4, 2009, Senate floor debate on the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009.Since 1985, the Kemp_Kasten [former Representatives Jack Kemp (NY-R) and Robert Kasten (WI-R)] provision has denied Federal funding to organizations or programs that, as determined by the President, support or participate in a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. Should my amendment be adopted, then President Obama would be able to…
