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...
Preventing Nuclear-Armed Iran Remains a Top U.S. Priority in 2010
As the year 2009 ended, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed a deadline from the United States and our allies on a United Nations deal to halt uranium enrichment, a key component in...
Twenty-Five Years Later, Tenn-Tom Remains an Economic Engine
This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the completion of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The Tenn-Tom may not be a household name across other parts of the country, but...
Wicker Says Christmas is Time for Troop Support & Volunteerism
This Christmas season, people across Mississippi are observing cherished traditions and creating new memories. Friends and neighbors are gathering for parties, families are preparing to host...
Wicker: U.S. Should Not Sign Climate Pact Amid Economic Risks, Scientific Doubts
The last major round of climate negotiations took place in Kyoto, Japan, in December of 1997. Participating nations produced a worldwide plan aimed at addressing global warming. The United States...