House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) and 48 other members of the House of Representatives today sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. The subject of the letter was the Department of Defense’s recent decision to create the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (DWM) and place it above the Bronze Star and Purple Heart in... Read More
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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after sending a letter to President Obama in support of the MOX project, a Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) at the Savannah River Site. Wilson stated, “The MOX facility at the Savannah River Site, located outside of Aiken, South Carolina, is an important project that is key in allowing the United... Read More
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Joe Wilson has a Plan for Jobs Since Nancy Pelosi and her gang of liberals have taken over Congress, unemployment has shot up from 6% to nearly 10% nationwide now. That means more than 14 million people are out of work. Joe Wilson believes families and small businesses need common sense tax cuts and relief from big government red tape. Joe’s 3 point... Read More
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ABC News is reporting the pricetag of the Democrats ramming through government-run healthcare is way more expensive than we were first told. The liberal’s bill will now top $1-trillion over the next 10 years. From Jake Tapper, ABC News The director of the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that the health care reform legislation would cost, over the next ten years, $115 billion... Read More
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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) received the American Conservative Union Ratings Award for 2009. The American Conservative Union, ACU, the nation’s largest and most powerful grassroots conservative organization today held ceremonies on Capitol Hill to present awards to those Members of the United States Senate and the U.S. House who earned high ratings on ACU’s annual ratings of Congress for... Read More
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How many jobs has President Obama’s stimulus package created? No one knows. And that’s a major problem. The Obama Administration recently launched a website at www.recovery.gov to track stimulus spending, fraud, and abuse, but unfortunately the website seems to be its very own worst offender. It reports millions of dollars spent to create jobs in congressional districts that do not... Read More
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Earlier this week, the Senate Finance Committee approved the health care bill proposed by Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.). Without a doubt, this bill will increase government spending and increase taxes for Americans. We need more people to voice their opposition to the Democratic leadership. Will you help us get this message out by asking five of your friends to sign up today? ... Read More
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2009 WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives this morning during debate on H.R. 2990, the Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act. *To View Congressman Wilson’s Floor Speech, Click Here* “Madame Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 2990, the Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act of 2009. “This bill has a number of... Read More
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Liberals Want To End Secret Ballot The foundation of our democracy is the right of each and every American to vote on who should represent our interests and concerns in government. Fundamental to that process is the concept of a secret ballot- an opportunity to express one’s opinion without the fear of intimidation, coercion, or retribution. As someone who believes we... Read More
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Legal immigration has been the backbone of this country’s success since its beginning. Unfortunately, today illegal immigration harms American taxpayers and workers as well as our national security. Our first action to combat the problem of illegal immigration is to secure our borders now. We must fully fund and implement the construction of a fence along our southern border as well... Read More