The signs of harvest were evident as I drove through the Mississippi Delta late last month, as farmers were hard at work gathering their soybeans, corn, and rice. To get behind slow moving...
Wicker Backs Measure To Protect Hunting On Public Lands
In Mississippi, hunting is both a time-honored tradition and a way of life for hundreds of thousands of residents. Like many states across the country, Mississippi is blessed with more than...
Wicker Says Simple Steps Can Protect Children From Swine Flu
With Kids Back in School, Senator Says Prevention is Best Method of ProtectionSchool bells are ringing once again across Mississippi. Now that children are back in the classroom, many parents...
Wicker Says Illegal Prison Cell Phones Are Growing Safety Concern
Senator Backs Legislation to Allow Prisons to Jam Inmates’ Use of Smuggled PhonesAcross Mississippi and the rest of the nation, a dangerous new epidemic is occurring in prisons and correctional...
Wicker Says Public Health Option Is “Bait & Switch” Tactic
In the ongoing debate on health care reform, it has become clear that this is a competition between two very different philosophies of government. On one hand, there are those who believe...
Wicker Says Defense Bill Important For Troops, National Security
As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I have the opportunity to participate in many of the debates that shape policies important to our nation’s defense and the men and women of our...
Wicker Says Second Amendment Is A Fundamental American Right
As a member of Congress, one of the most important responsibilities I have is to protect the Constitutional rights of those I have been elected to serve. This, of course, includes the right of...
Wicker Says Cost of Democrats’ Health Care Plan Will Hurt Economy
Massive Tax Increases and More Borrowing are Not the Way to Health ReformIn the past two months, I have used this column multiple times to discuss the ongoing debate in Congress over health care...
Wicker Says More Stimulus Spending Should Be Rejected
Senator Says Additional Borrowing Will Not Fix EconomyEarlier this year, Congress hastily passed a trillion dollar so-called stimulus bill aimed at jumpstarting our economy. According to the...
Health Care Reform That Will Work For All Americans
Preserve What Works and Fix What Is BrokenCongress is in the midst of a vigorous health care discussion covering a wide range of ideas. Our country needs health care reform, but it is...