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Bricks and mortar and Working Joes. That’s what the Joe Means Jobs tour focused on Monday in West Columbia at the new SC State Farmers Market Monday afternoon. Rolling up his sleeves and grabbing a trowel, Joe helped lay bricks alongside other “working Joes” on one of the sheds that will soon house farmers throughout the state. Joe told workers he has traveled to... Read More
With people costumed in white coats flanking him as props, President Obama’s remarks on health care today were a continued show for the cameras instead of the reality that Americans have rejected a government-takeover of health care. The President says the need to regulate the insurance industry and add government red tape in health care is far more important than listening to America’s... Read More
Politics are at play with nuclear waste disposal; unless Congress or our nation’s legal system can successfully intervene, the American taxpayer is slated to lose this game. To date, over $30 billion has been collected in waste disposal fees from electricity ratepayers and $10 billion has been spent on developing Yucca Mountain as a permanent high level nuclear waste repository. Despite the financial... Read More
Maintaining his theme of accessibility and accountability, Joe Wilson took to the WVOC airwaves for an hour Monday afternoon as an in-studio guest of Keven Cohen. Keven first asked Joe about the situation with health care and the Democrats threat to pass the bill with just a 51 vote margin in the Senate and similar tactics in the House. Joe said that... Read More
Joe Wilson talks about the missed opportunity for true bipartisanship at the recent Health Care Summit and talks about the need for Congress to join him in focusing on job creation. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Health Care Summit Was Like Groundhog Day", url: "http://www.joewilsonforcongress.com/home/2010/02/the-health-care-summit-was-like-groundhog-day/" }); ... Read More
So much for bipartisanship. On an earlier blog post we pondered the question of a real debate or a dog and pony show. Now we have the answer. President Obama spent more time talking than the rest of the Republicans at the so-called “bipartisan health care summit.” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/26/obama-listens-at-health-summit-but-mostly-hears-fr/ There’s a big bottom line right now, jobs. On the recent Joe Means... Read More
Bipartisanship or a show? Those are the two options the Obama Administration has for the so-called “bipartisan health care summit” on Thursday. Just select GOP members have been invited to the White House and an invite was not passed along to Joe. Coming off the recent Joe Means Jobs tour, Second District constituents overwhelmingly told Joe the top priority in Washington... Read More
JOE MEANS JOBS TOUR TV AND PRINT NEWS COVERAGE Joe Wilson visits small businesses and workers to discuss creating jobs throughout the Second District. (West Columbia, SC) – Fresh off the Joe Means Jobs tour, Joe Wilson has returned to Washington, DC with a strong message from people in the Second District who are demanding change from Nancy Pelosi and her flock of... Read More
Reckless, record-breaking spending in Washington is crippling America’s financial future. Rhetoric alone is certainly not going to fix the spending spree that lawmakers have taken part in for entirely too long. While it is important to study history so we do not make the same mistakes from our past, I believe the across-the-aisle finger-pointing and arguments about which political party incurred the... Read More
Joe Means Jobs traveled down the road to Allendale Collum Lumber to visit the family-owned operation that currently employs around 300. With the tough economy, the company has gotten creative to keep up the bottom line, including expanding product lines and even stepping up exports to as far away around the globe. Wilson met with workers and heard their concerns about a wide... Read More
