WASHINGTON – Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) to prevent a government shutdown and give lawmakers until March 2025 to reach an agreement on a long-term funding plan. U.S....
Congress Passes Temporary Government Funding Legislation, Senator Wicker Highlights Why This is the Wrong Approach
WASHINGTON – Tonight, Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) to prevent a government shutdown and temporarily extend funding until December 20, 2024. This gives lawmakers more time to reach an...
Senator Wicker Pens Op-Ed on President’s Budget Shortfalls and Need for Greater Military Investment
Miss. Senator calls out the hypocrisy of the budget vs. the spending capsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee,...
Biden’s Budget Is Exactly Backwards
President’s Budget Raises Taxes, Lowers Defense InvestmentSpending habits say a lot about a person. That principle holds true when it comes to President Biden’s new budget, which puts tax increases...
Wicker Fights President’s Inflation
Republican Policies Lower Prices and Increase InnovationBy now, Americans are becoming familiar with the term “Bidenomics.” President Biden has been using the phrase to highlight his economic...
Wicker Opposes Administration’s Economic Policies
Christmas Costs More Under President BidenBusinesses look forward to Black Friday, when customers empty the shelves and return corporate balance sheets to “black.” Unfortunately, this year’s sales...
Wicker: Federal Return to Work Order Rings Hollow
Congress Will Oversee Administration’s ProgressHeadlines recently proclaimed that President Biden had called on his Cabinet to "aggressively execute" plans to return more federal workers to the...
Wicker Promotes Economic Development
New Projects Stimulate Mississippi’s GrowthRoads, ports, broadband, and rail are the building blocks of a healthy economy. This month, I celebrated groundbreakings at two construction projects in...
Wicker: Biden Burdens the American Economy
Tax-and-Spend Policies Hold Us BackAs President Biden reflects on his administration’s record, his White House spokesmen are working overtime to rehabilitate his economic message. They have seized...
Miss. Lawmakers Sign Bicameral Amicus Brief Challenging CFPB Funding Structure
Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Kelly, Guest & Ezell Ask SCOTUS to Uphold Lower Court Decision on Controversial Obama-era AgencyWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith,...