Latest Numbers Reveal Recovery and Reinvestment Act Failed to Lower Unemployment RateThe ineffectiveness of President Obama’s $789 billion economic stimulus plan made headlines last month when...
Wicker Calls for Vote on Balanced Budget Amendment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today called on Senate leaders to vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment supported by all Senate Republicans.“Federal spending is out of control,...
Facing Up to Our Debt Crisis
Seriousness and Urgency in Reducing Spending Conveyed to President at White House MeetingLate last summer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, identified what he believes is...
Wicker Says Leadership Needed Now to Reduce Federal Spending
Avoiding tough problems and maintaining the status quo are not viable optionsWashington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) made the following statement after he and most Republican Senators met...
Wicker Votes to Cut $315 Billion in Federal Spending, Calls for Additional Reductions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today voted to cut $315 billion in federal spending over the next ten years. The vote was for a continuing resolution to fund the...
Cochran and Wicker Highlight “Teach Children to Save” Initiative as Part of Financial Literacy Month
Mississippi Banks Part of National Effort to Help Educate Children about SavingsWASHINGTON, D.C. – Reaching the mid-point of Financial Literacy Month, U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker...
One Year Later – Mississippi and the Health Care Law
Wednesday marked the first anniversary of President Obama signing into law a massive 2,700 page health care bill that Democrats rammed through Congress. A year later, this law still remains as...
Cochran and Wicker Join Call for Presidential Leadership on Comprehensive Deficit Reduction Plan
64 Senate Republicans & Democrats Say Obama Needs to Send “Strong Signal” of SupportWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are among 64 Senators who are calling on...
Wicker Resolution to Cut Senate Budgets Passes
Says this is start to cutting government spending in meaningful wayWASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today praised passage of a resolution he authored calling on Senators to cut...
Wicker Votes to Cut Spending, Urges Colleagues to Address Deficit
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Wednesday voted to cut more than $56 billion in federal spending this fiscal year, which ends September 30. The measure, H.R. 1 was passed by...