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February 7, 2023
two tough years of the pandemic But this President decided to double down on the COVID policies He passed a 1 9 trillion tax and spending spree All without a single Republican vote Economists even in his...action However I am encouraged by what s to come this year Republicans have a new majority in the House of Representatives Together we will hold this Administration accountable and get our nation back on...
November 29, 2016
Act S 2873 is authored by Senators Orrin Hatch R Utah and Brian Schatz D Hawaii The proposal which passed the Senate by a vote of 97 0 would help patients in remote areas such as rural Mississippi gain better...highlight his CONNECT for Health Act which he introduced earlier this year with Sen Schatz The CONNECT bill would help with payment parity for telehealth services under the Medicare program It would also allow...
January 25, 2010
country are asking when will enough be enough The unfortunate reality is that under policies recently passed in Congress the spending will not stop any time soon Record Spending and Deficits In fiscal year...trillion which is three times more than any single year deficit in our nation s history Under the budget passed last spring the deficit spending binge continues setting the path for trillion dollar annual deficits...The 2008 bailout cost taxpayers 700 billion and the stimulus bill cost taxpayers another 1 trillion The Democrats massive health care bill which the majority of Americans oppose would set the record by...
November 20, 2023
Trump administration Americans enjoyed the fruits of pro business Republican policies In 2017 we passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which reduced the corporate and small business tax burden Small business...class Americans since the increased cost of production would be passed onto consumers In response Senator Cindy Hyde Smith and I joined a bill opposing the Biden administration s overreach The legislation...
July 20, 2011
have called for a balanced budget amendment On March 4 1997 a balanced budget amendment failed to pass in the Senate by just one vote Since then the nation s debt has almost tripled A majority of state...to today s debate In 1939 President Franklin Roosevelt s Treasury secretary Henry Morgenthau told House leaders We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work The same can be said...
September 16, 2011
negotiations this week to try to reach the 1 5 trillion goal established in the debt ceiling law PL 112 25 passed by Congress in August The Senate coalition is pressing for a package with broader reductions By law...to develop the legislation which would then be subject to an up or down supermajority vote in the House and Senate before Dec 23 Failing to produce or enact a plan would trigger automatic spending cuts...Landrieu D La Joe Lieberman I Conn Claire McCaskill D Mo Joe Manchin D W Va Lisa Murkowski R Alaska Bill Nelson D Fla Mark Pryor D Ark Jeanne Shaheen D N H Jon Tester D Mont Mark Udall D Colo and Ron Wyden...
July 5, 2012
unilaterally cutting key funding to America s men and women in uniform The Budget Control Act which passed last year required immediate cuts and the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction was responsible...Senate Armed Services Committee approved its draft of the FY 2013 defense authorization bill The committee bill contains many provisions reflecting Congress support of the Defense Department s top strategic...outlining ways to reduce spending If enacted it will mark the 51st consecutive year that Congress has passed this important piece of defense legislation All Americans as well as our adversaries and allies abroad...
August 5, 2015
Activities August 5 2015 WASHINGTON U S Senator Roger Wicker R Miss today announced that the Senate has passed his proposal requiring the Federal Aviation Administration FAA to examine how existing NASA facilities...Wicker s proposal is included in the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act S 1297 The bill was passed unanimously by the Senate last night Specifically the measure would direct the Secretary of Transportation...
July 26, 2010
out The spending binge will not stop if Congress continues to pass costly policies like the health care package TARP bailout and stimulus bill The federal government should practice the same fiscal restraint...mandatory spending even more by 1 9 trillion over 10 years Additionally the President s health care bill creates another expensive entitlement program further intensifying this fiscal burden We can protect...investors will lose confidence in our government s ability to pay its loans We can no longer afford to pass along the economic problems of today for future generations to fix Rather than burden our children...
January 20, 2015
he lost the majority in the Senate in 1986 and Bill Clinton used divided government to do welfare reform after 1994 They chose to work with Congress to pass meaningful reforms in a bipartisan way This newly...
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