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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
Did you know that Fairfax in Allendale County could be the site of an innovative project to recycle plastic products that otherwise would have gone to a landfill? Wherever possible Joe wants to see new green-technologies result in good paying jobs in South Carolina, which is why Joe was excited to tour the start-up, Climax Global Energy facility. Company Vice President Tom Pinto... Read More
Around 60 people got together for breakfast with Joe Wilson at scenic Jasper’s Porch in Ridgeland Thursday morning. On the menu, biscuits, gravy, eggs, sausage and most importantly, jobs! Day three of the Joe Means Jobs tour focused on continuing to reach out to people and learn more about different strategies businesses are using in these tough economic times. The breakfast crowd came hungry, and... Read More
Late Wednesday the Joe Means Jobs caravan visited Thermal Engineering in Columbia. The facility is a world leader in applied heat transfer technology, in other words, infa-red products. Thermal Engineering develops products that range from high-end infa-red grills to large industrial components like industrial high heat ovens for heat treating, aging, porcelain coating and other processes. No time to rest for Joe, he... Read More