Sensible Debt Reform Is Imperative to Future CompetitivenessForging a sustainable path to fiscal responsibility is critical to maintaining U.S. preeminence amid new and evolving threats around the...
Wicker Says Debt Reform Is Critical to Long-Term Recovery
High Debt Drags Down Economic Growth, Hurts Job CreationAt an all-time high of $16 trillion, the national debt remains a central challenge to bringing about the sustainable economic recovery America...
Wicker: America’s $16 Trillion Debt Represents Failure of Presidential Leadership
Runaway Government Spending Has Led to Unsustainable Fiscal PathThe signs of a lasting economic recovery have yet to emerge after nearly four years of the Obama Administration. The country’s...
Wicker Calls for Job-Creating Solutions to Spur Economic Growth
Federal Reserve Chairman’s Pessimistic Outlook Highlights Failed Policies of the Obama AdministrationFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke issued a bleak report to Congress last week, reflecting...
Heading Off Sequestration: What Congress Can Do To Avoid Devastating Cuts
As the U.S. celebrates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the lessons of that long-ago conflict should not be forgotten by today’s policymakers. In those bleak years, the U.S. saw that even the...
Wicker Votes to Block Debt Ceiling Increase
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted to block the President’s request to increase the federal debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion. “With a federal debt of more than $15...
Wicker Votes for Balanced Budget Amendment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted for a Balanced Budget Amendment, but the measure was defeated 47-53. No Democrat supported the amendment.“The federal...
Cochran and Wicker Endorse Principles and Bold Savings Goal for Super Committee Deficit Reduction Panel
Bipartisan Coalition of 37 Senators Encourage Select Committee to Reach GoalWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are among a bipartisan group of Senators who...
Wicker Votes for Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted in favor of moving the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act closer to passage. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tabled the...
The Constitutional Answer to Our Country’s Budget Problem
One change we need to correct this country’s unprecedented debt has a chance to move closer to reality this weekend. The Senate will vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment as part of the Cut,...