Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement.
Delbert
Hosemann promised a policy-packed four years focusing on issues ranging
from healthcare to education to infrastructure during his swearing-in
ceremony on Thursday, January 4.
Hosemann
won the general election in fall 2023 to secure a second term with more
than 60 percent of the vote.
One of Hosemann’s top priorities for the next four years is raising
Mississippi’s labor force participation rate, which is currently the
lowest in the country at 53.8 percent.
“Economic
development will wilt without an educated workforce to retain it,” said
Hosemann, addressing the full
Legislature during a Joint Session. “Further declines in the number of
people who are actually working are not sustainable — and encouraging
personal initiative to be gainfully employed is paramount.”
Continuing to raise Mississippi’s educational attainment levels and increasing accessibility and affordability of healthcare for working people are critical to this goal, Hosemann said.
“We are focused on the long-term solutions which will make Mississippi an even better place for our children
and grandchildren,” he said.
In
his first term, Hosemann led the Senate in enacting the largest teacher
pay raise and largest tax cut in
Mississippi history. He also fought to consolidate workforce
development efforts, invest more than $2 billion in infrastructure, pay
down 20 percent of the state’s debt, and dedicate new resources to our
state parks and public spaces.
Hosemann served as Secretary of State before he became Lt. Governor in 2020. He spent most of his career in
the private sector as a businessman and tax lawyer.
Raised in Warren County, Hosemann holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Notre Dame, a law degree from Ole
Miss, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University.
Hosemann and his wife, Lynn, have three children and eight grandchildren.
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