Mississppi Role in Aerospace Corridor Will Continue to ThriveOn March 7, Mississippi and our gulf state neighbors learned that Northrop Grumman would not bid on the proposal to build next generation...
Wicker Opposes Obama Effort to End Manned Space Flight
Stennis Must Continue Key Role in Space LeadershipPresident Obama recently announced his administration’s intent to cancel the Constellation Program, which is NASA’s plan to continue human space...
Wicker Congratulates the Boy Scouts of America on 100 Years of Great Accomplishments
When Robert Baden-Powell brought 22 boys to a camp off the coast of England in the late 19th Century, and thus became the founder of worldwide scouting, he was developing some of his country’s most...
Wicker Supports Fresh Start and Step-by-Step Approach for Health Care
After months of struggling to get our voices heard in the health care debate, Republicans have reason to hope that our ideas will at last be welcome – or at least be considered. In contrast to the...
Wicker Says Energy Production Can Create American Jobs
Domestic Exploration Would Reduce Deficit While Spurring GrowthWith our nation’s unemployment rate near ten percent, job creation will be a major challenge for Congress this year. In a surprise move...
Wicker: Out-Of-Control Deficit Spending Wrong Way to Create Jobs
A top Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives recently said, “We’ve got to spend our way out of this recession.” Rep. James Clyburn, the Democratic Whip, said that we have two choices...
Wicker: Bipartisan Entitlement Commission Might Provide Solution to Debt Crisis
The fiscal challenges facing our country have become increasingly clear over the past 18 months. As I highlighted in last week’s column, our mounting level of debt has serious consequences. As a...
Wicker Calls for Spending Restraint to Slow Record Debt Growth
Dating back to 1917, Congress has set limits to how much money the U.S. government can borrow. Recently, excessive spending and rising federal deficits have led lawmakers to push the debt ceiling to...
Wicker Highlights Recent Trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan
I recently returned from a congressional delegation trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, where I was given a firsthand look at our military’s ongoing effort to rid the country from the Taliban and...
Wicker: Time to Kill the Death Tax
Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” The truth to that famous statement is most evident in the death tax, which allows the government to confiscate a...