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March 5, 2019
industries and the communities they support but also burden all Americans with extremely high energy bills The plan includes the elimination of gas powered vehicles including airplanes and requires a costly...False Promises The demands of the Green New Deal go well beyond energy The plan also would guarantee housing health care high wage jobs food and paid vacations for all Americans including those unwilling to...proposal yet many are taking it seriously The resolution has the support of 90 members of the U S House of Representatives and 12 members of the U S Senate Several candidates for President of the United...
December 28, 2015
bipartisan bills have been passed and more than 30 have become law A restored committee process has replaced gridlock and dysfunction with discussion and debate on urgent issues More bills have come to...limits all 12 of the annual appropriations bills were approved by the Appropriations Committee for the first time in six years Education Highway and Rural Water Bills Become Law Major priorities signed into...reforms and critical upgrades to our country s aging roads and bridges The Every Student Succeeds Act passed the Senate with an overwhelming vote of 85 12 ending the Common Core mandate and putting more power...
September 24, 2015
programs The bill required 60 votes to move forward to a final vote but was blocked by Senate Democrats Under Sen Cochran s leadership the Senate Appropriations Committee has passed all 12 spending bills this...measures in the committee have blocked us from sending these bills to the President s desk They have left us with little choice but to try to pass a short term continuing resolution to keep the government...government open and working for the American people I strongly support the provision in the bill to defund Planned Parenthood and I remain committed to fighting for the rights of the unborn and shielding taxpayers...
May 23, 2022
spending policies Last year Republicans warned Democrats that their enormous 1 9 trillion stimulus bill would overheat the economy Yet they did not listen Even as prices began to soar last fall the President...trying to pass even more reckless spending His 3 5 trillion plan was stopped only when Democrat Senator Joe Manchin out of concern for inflation joined all 50 Senate Republicans in opposing the bill If it...it had passed inflation would be even worse than it is now Many on the left are now admitting that Democrat spending stoked inflation Yet President Biden remains in denial Recently he insisted that government...
February 10, 2014
Policy disagreements are expected when Republicans control the House of Representatives and Democrats control the Senate and White House Successful legislative action requires both political parties to...significant regulations have been issued considerably more than those enacted by George W Bush and Bill Clinton To be characterized as economically significant a regulation has to have an economic impact...yet when Republicans in Congress introduced legislation to delay or repeal these mandates the White House responded with veto threats The President s recent executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal...
February 12, 2018
February 12 2018 Nearly all Americans should see larger paychecks this month thanks to the tax reform bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump Because of the law s lower tax rates employers...foundation s work to teach technology skills to underserved teens Good News for Job Creation Lower Energy Bills Mississippi s small businesses and consumers should reap significant tax relief as well The National...hundreds of billions of dollars The savings for our energy providers should translate into lower bills for consumers another win for job growth Simply put the less money our job creators have to send to...
February 23, 2016
improve passenger rail safety reauthorize Amtrak services and improve existing rail infrastructure The bill Railroad Reform Enhancement and Efficiency Act established the Gulf Coast working group with Mississippi...Gulf Coast It was passed unanimously out of the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee in June and contained in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill which was passed by the full Senate...
January 11, 2017
that we ve made not only during the last campaign cycle but repeatedly since I voted against this bill some eight years ago The President told us in 2009 and 2010 that if you like your health plan you...Americans who saw their premiums rise and their deductibles go to unimaginable heights Former president Bill Clinton said this and I quote You got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people...is a step We re certainly not going to get it all done in one fell swoop And even when we get the bill enacted into law and signed by our new president President Donald Trump it will take a time for it...
February 8, 2016
Act to put these successes into wider practice A Win Win for Patients and TaxpayersSpecifically our bill would lift restrictions on telehealth in Medicare allowing patients to benefit from services such...telehealth services are effective in helping patients stay healthy and avoid hospital visits Under the new bill our state s numerous community health centers and rural health clinics which provide essential services...telehealth services as well According to an analysis by the health care consulting firm Avalere the bill s major provisions could save 1 8 billion over 10 years UMMC at the Forefront of Telehealth CareWe...
June 18, 2015
R N H Cory Gardner R Colo and Ron Johnson R Wis to introduce the Wireless Innovation Act of 2015 a bill to reallocate spectrum used by the federal government for commercial wireless services ensure greater...accountability of the federal government s spectrum use and promote wireless innovation and deployment This bill encourages efficient use of spectrum to meet the soaring consumer demand for greater wireless capacity...value of federal spectrum and informs the public on how federal entities use a scarce resource Passing this bill will promote economic growth and innovation while ensuring that consumers continue enjoying...
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