Washington, DC – Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today made the following statement after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress. 
 

“The President’s proposals are not likely to make much difference in job creation,” Wicker said.  “He has made matters worse with excessive spending, a massive regulatory burden on job creators, and an unwillingness to use our own natural resources such as oil, natural gas, and coal.  We need fewer federal regulations and more American energy.”

 
Earlier in the week, Wicker called on the President to end the de facto moratorium on American energy production and cut burdensome federal regulations to spur job creation.  In part, Wicker wrote that we should, “rein in President Obama’s big-government agenda and put confidence back in the economy.  Eliminating unnecessary regulations offers an effective way forward.”  More from Wicker’s column can be found here.