President’s Border Crisis Lets Drugs Flow Into U.S.Last month, the U.S. Coast Guard detained 59 migrants sailing near Puerto Rico on the way to entering the United States illegally. The crews...
Wicker Opposes Gun Control Efforts
The Second Amendment Is Not Up for DebateThe governor of New Mexico made national headlines this month when she brazenly violated the Second Amendment. Citing rising gun violence in Albuquerque,...
Wicker Welcomes Private Space Industry in Mississippi
Long-Term Investments in Stennis Space Center Continue Paying OffThis month, NASA announced that rocket production company Relativity Space would expand its work at Stennis Space Center. Americans...
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 Travels Mississippi During State Work Month
Senator Hears from MississippiansThis August, I traveled all over the state while Congress was out of session for a month-long state work period. I visited military bases, civic groups, and local...
Wicker: Biden’s Border Remains in Crisis
New Policies Show Republicans Take the Problem SeriouslyU.S. Customs and Border Protection recently released monthly immigration statistics, and they underscore the nightmare faced by America’s...
Wicker: China, Russia on Track to Eclipse U.S. Naval Power
Current Naval Weaknesses Endanger U.S.This month, eleven Chinese and Russian ships paraded closer than ever to the edge of U.S. waters. When our two foremost foes conjured this show of force near...
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 Leads Passage of Senate Defense Bill
U.S. Military Bill Recognizes Mississippi’s Role in National DefenseLast month, by an 86-11 vote, the Senate passed its version of the government’s annual national security bill, called the National...
Wicker Celebrates JROTC Program
New Mississippi Unit Will Expand Positive Cadet OutcomesOn a hot Monday this July, 125 cadets reported for duty at Clinton High School. They gathered to launch Mississippi’s first Coast Guard Junior...