Sen. Roger Wicker: Sequestration could affect defense industry, parks in Jackson County

Sen. Roger Wicker: Sequestration could affect defense industry, parks in Jackson County

There’s no doubt that Jackson County will feel the effects of sequestration, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said during a Gulf Coast Business Council membership meeting this afternoon.

On Tuesday, Wicker spent the day on the coast, looking at spaces where he might relocate his Gulfport office, lunching with Gulfport community leaders and touring a defense manufacturing plant in Biloxi before heading to Jackson County for the council meeting.

Wicker spoke on a variety of topics, including sequestration, which he said “is dangerous for national defense because we’ve already cut national defense several years back by half a trillion dollars.”

Gulf Live
3/26/13