American Energy Bolsters Economic and National SecurityIran’s September 14 attack on the Saudi oil-production facility at Abqaiq – the world’s largest crude processing operation – was an assault on...
Wicker Secures Relief for Mississippi Disaster Victims
Helping Restore the Gulf CoastCommerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recently sent welcome news to Mississippi’s fishing communities. The declaration of a federal fisheries disaster for our state at...
Wicker on the Importance of Democracy and Civic Education
Mississippi Students and Teachers Understand America’s FoundingSeptember 17 marked 232 years since the Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia to create the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution...
Wicker Protects Independence of the Supreme Court
Court Packing Would Destroy the Separation of PowersThe U.S. Supreme Court has been comprised of nine justices since 1869. However, some U.S. senators and presidential candidates want to change this...
Wicker on Strengthening America’s Workforce
Building on Strong Economic GrowthAmericans have much to celebrate in today’s economy. Our country continues its longest economic expansion in history. Unemployment is at or near 50-year lows,...
Wicker Spearheads Ole Miss Tech Summit
Leaders Gather in Oxford to Discuss Technology, Connectivity, and InnovationThe annual Ole Miss Technology Summit, which took place in Oxford at the end of August, brings together leaders to discuss...
Wicker Promotes America’s Interests in the Arctic
The Polar Regions are Vital to our Economy and SecurityThe United States was once considered a continental power whose limits were the Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande to the south and two oceans to...
Wicker: It is Time to Finish the Yazoo Pumps
The Delta Should Get What Was PromisedIn the wake of the historic flood of 1927, the United States Congress made the people of Mississippi a promise. After the water receded, the legislative branch...
Wicker Bill Would Strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard
Committee Approves Authorizing LegislationOn an average day, the U.S. Coast Guard saves 10 lives, conducts 45 search and rescue operations, seizes 874 pounds of cocaine, and facilitates the movement...
Wicker Advances Pro-life Cause in the Senate
Five Bills Would Protect Every Person’s Inalienable RightsThe founding of America was based on revolutionary, self-evident truths. Every human being has God-given and inalienable rights to life,...