State Overcomes Summer Doldrums With Grand Openings, Civic MeetingsEach August, I have an opportunity to travel across the state and meet with Mississippians while Congress is in summer...
Wicker: Time to Curb Washington’s Power Grabs
Job Creators Face Daunting Environment for Hiring, GrowthOver the past few weeks, President Obama has traveled across the country to talk about jobs, delivering a series of speeches in a highly...
Wicker Champions New Initiatives for Classroom Success
Education Reform Starts With Parents, Teachers, and Local OfficialsClassrooms across Mississippi will soon be bustling with students as the new school year gets underway. Preparing these young...
Wicker Applauds Efforts to ‘Hire Mississippi Heroes’
Job Fairs Across the State Seek to Boost Veteran EmploymentThe latest job numbers have yet to elicit much cheer, with the national unemployment rate still above 7.5 percent – now for a record 54...
Wicker Troubled by Obama’s Part-Time Economy
Health-Care Law Seen as Major Culprit in Slow Job GrowthThree years ago, the Obama Administration welcomed the “Summer of Economic Recovery.” Supporters of the President’s massive $1 trillion...
Wicker Supports Long-Term Student Loan Reform
Senate Democrats Continue to Block Bipartisan SolutionsFinding a way to curb the drastic spike in student loan rates should have been an easy bipartisan win. Republicans, Democrats, and the...
Wicker Objects to President’s Radical Climate Agenda
Sweeping EPA Power Grabs Would Cost Jobs, Hurt Economic GrowthIn a recent speech on climate change, President Obama confirmed what many of his critics have long alleged: Rather than advancing...
An Obamacare Reckoning: Unpopular and Deeply Flawed
Exactly one year ago, the Supreme Court issued a fateful decision to uphold the controversial centerpiece of the President’s health-care law. At the center of the debate was whether Congress...
Wicker Amendments Would Toughen Immigration Bill
A Robust Border Security Strategy Remains Top PriorityEarlier this month, the Senate agreed to debate the most comprehensive immigration reform legislation in years. The bill, drafted by a...
Wicker Applauds Mississippi’s Leadership in Community Health
Success of Delta Health Center Serves as a Model for Community Health Centers NationwideIn 1967, Delta Health Center was established in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, to provide primary care to the...