Rogue Nation’s Nuclear Ambitions Are a Serious Threat to National SecurityNorth Korea has already kicked off 2016 with defiance, brazenly claiming to have tested a hydrogen bomb last month and then...
Wicker Introduces Major Telehealth Legislation
Proposal to Expand Services in Medicare Looks to Mississippi SuccessesTelehealth success in Mississippi has helped inspire new legislation that could lead to better health care for patients across...
Wicker: Senate Sets Sights on Comprehensive Energy Bill
Bill Would Promote Efficiency, Accountability, and ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy ApproachThe future of U.S. energy has reached the forefront of the Senate’s legislative agenda. The time is ripe for a...
Wicker: Accountability Is Crucial After Ill-Advised Lifting of Iran Sanctions
More Than $100 Billion in Assets Now Available to State Sponsor of TerrorismAn international deal with Iran over its nuclear program raised widespread concerns when it was reached last summer. ...
Wicker Reaffirms the Importance of Religious Freedom
Another Obamacare Encroachment Set to Go Before Supreme CourtCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …– U.S. Constitution,...
Wicker: Major Challenges Loom as President Delivers Last State of the Union Address
National Security, Americans’ Economic Well-Being Deserve Attention in SpeechPresident Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address on January 12. The event, which fulfills the...
Wicker: Tax Relief Important to American Families, Job Creators
Bipartisan Deal Could Lead to More Comprehensive Tax ReformOne of the last pieces of legislation passed by Congress in 2015 promises to pave the way for urgently needed reforms to the confusing and...
Wicker: Americans’ Priorities Rise to the Top of Senate Agenda
2015 Included Major Victories for Education Reform, Highway UpgradesThe Senate is up and running again under Republican leadership. Over the past year, more than 80 bipartisan bills have been passed...
Wicker Highlights Progress for Mississippi in 2015
Year Marked by Strategic Economic Investments, Notable Anniversaries’Tis the season for counting blessings, many of which extend far beyond Christmas Day. Our state has had an impressive year,...
Wicker: New Rule Supports Safe, Healthy Catfish
Imports Will Be Held to the Same Inspection Standards as U.S. ProductsA new rule published this month in the Federal Register promises to even the playing field for Mississippi’s catfish farmers by...