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 Says Jobs Bill Would Have Benefitted Mississippi Farmers
WASHINGTON - A jobs bill that had gained broad bipartisan support should not have been pulled from consideration, particularly since it included $1.5 billion for agriculture disaster relief, U.S....
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 Statement on the Passing of Chief Phillip Martin of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement on the death of Phillip Martin, the longtime chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians:“Chief Martin was a...
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 Says President Obama’s $3.8 Trillion Budget is More of the Same
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today reacted to President Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget proposal, which was delivered to Congress this morning:“Even though the American public...
Wicker Opposes Debt Limit Increase
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement today after voting against raising the limit on the national debt by $1.9 trillion to a record $14.3...
Wicker Statement on Opposition to Bernanke Nomination
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today issued the following statement after voting against cloture on the nomination of Ben Bernanke to serve a second term as the chairman of the...
Wicker Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., issued the following statement this evening on President Obama’s State of the Union address:“Americans wanted to hear President Obama lay out a concrete...
Haiti Adoptions: Wicker Joins Bipartisan Group in Asking Feds to Expedite Orphan Adoptions
In Addition to Expedited Process, Senators Call for Attention to Orphans' Well Being, Revised Documentation RequirementsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today joined 33 other...