Overwhelming Majority of Americans Are in Favor of Oil PipelinePresident Obama missed a big opportunity for job creation last month when he rejected the permit for the highly anticipated Keystone XL...
Wicker Urges Congress to Focus on Job Creation in Year Ahead
Americans should not have to wait until after the November elections for solutions to the problems that we face. Leaders in Washington should be focused on governing. This year offers an...
Wicker Calls for Job Strategies to Build Confidence
President’s Plan Offers More of the Same: Big-Government Spending, Tax HikesPresident Obama never uttered the word “stimulus” when he unveiled the American Jobs Act to a joint session of Congress...
Wicker- “President’s policies are making economy worse”
Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today made the following statement after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress. “The President’s proposals are not likely...
Wicker Says We Need Results, Not Rhetoric for Job Growth
President’s New Agenda Should Include Regulatory Reform, More Energy ProductionPresident Obama announced last month that he has a new plan to create jobs and spur economic growth. He says...
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,...
Failed Stimulus Cost $278,000 Per Job
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...
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...
Help for America’s Job Creators
Small businesses create 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs in America according to the Small Business Administration. In Mississippi, small businesses and entrepreneurs drive innovation and spur...
Cochran and Wicker Promote Co-ops as Beneficial to Job Creation, Economic Growth
Bipartisan Resolution Designates 2012 as “International Year of Cooperatives”WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran today joined U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-N.D.) in introducing a Senate...