American Voices Should be Heard in Climate DebateLast week, the Senate missed a golden opportunity to protect Americans from higher taxes, higher energy costs, and an overreaching federal...
Obama Drilling Plan Would Lock Up 60 Percent of Resources
At a March 31 press conference, President Obama announced his plans for expanded offshore drilling. Initially, I was encouraged by the administration’s acknowledgement that oil and gas must...
Green Jobs Investment Must Not Come at Cost of Other Jobs
With our national unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, Americans are concerned about what federal lawmakers and the administration are doing to create jobs. President Obama has placed a heavy...
Wicker Says Energy Production Can Create American Jobs
Domestic Exploration Would Reduce Deficit While Spurring GrowthWith our nation’s unemployment rate near ten percent, job creation will be a major challenge for Congress this year. In a surprise move...
Wicker Says Action Needed Now On Offshore Drilling Plan
Senator Joins Bipartisan Effort Urging Obama Administration to Move Plan ForwardJust over one year ago, a barrel of oil had spiked to $147 and Mississippians were paying $4 for a gallon of...
Cochran, Wicker Encourage Progress on Offshore Energy Plan
Bipartisan Group Sees Oil & Gas Leasing Plan as Energy & Economic Security IssueWASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker are among a bipartisan group of Senators who are encouraging...
Wicker Leads Bipartisan Group in Introducing the Streamline Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Act
WASHINGTON – Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and James Inhofe, R-Okla., today joined Reps. Dan Boren, D-Okla., and Rep. Heath Shuler., D-N.C., in announcing the introduction of the Streamline...
Wicker Statement on Boxer-Kerry Energy Tax Legislation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today released the following statement in response to national energy tax legislation introduced by Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and John Kerry,...
Wicker Says Delay of Cap-and-Trade Bill Is Welcome Development
Lost in the ongoing debate over health care reform was a recent decision by Senate Democrats to delay yet again the introduction of their so-called cap-and-trade legislation. The decision,...
Wicker Opposes Federal Ownership of Auto Companies
Senator Says Taxpayers Should Receive Auto Stock; Dealers Should Be ProtectedThe domestic auto industry has been in financial trouble for years. Hamstrung by competitiveness issues, America’s...