Coming Monday: A Big Announcement
by Joe Wilson on March 12, 2010... Read More
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Media Covers Joe Mean Jobs Appearances
by Team Wilson on March 10, 2010Joe Wilson places a premium on getting out in the Second District and meeting with “Working Joes.” Monday, March 8 meant another day of Joe rolling up his sleeves, and helping with the real jobs of people who make this country work every day. The new SC State Farmers market is slated to open later this summer and will be three times... Read More
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Joe and Working Joes Lay Bricks at SC Farmers Market
by Team Wilson on March 8, 2010Bricks 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
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President Still Not Listening To You!
by Team Wilson on March 3, 2010With 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
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Politics at play over nuclear waste
by Joe Wilson on March 3, 2010Politics 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
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Phone Lines Light Up With Joe In-Studio at WVOC-AM’s Keven Cohen Afternoon Drive Show
by Team Wilson on March 2, 2010Maintaining 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
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The Health Care Summit Was Like Groundhog Day
by ecgwesley on February 28, 2010Joe 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. ... Read More
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70 GOP Health Bills Presented, Dems Won’t Listen To People
by dustinolson on February 26, 2010So 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
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True Bipartisan Meeting or Dog & Pony Show?
by Team Wilson on February 24, 2010Bipartisanship 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
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Joe Means Jobs Tour TV and Print News Coverage
by Team Wilson on February 23, 2010JOE 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