Joe Wilson

Joe Means Jobs: From the Orangeburg Times and Democrat Newspaper…. ISSUE: Boeing’s commitment to S.C. OUR VIEW: Company offers opportunities locally, both direct and indirect The impact of Boeing’s decision to build the 787 Dreamliner aircraft in South Carolina continues grow in significance. Just as BMW meant major development for the Upstate and beyond, Boeing is doing the same for Charleston, with impact in The... Read More

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The National Federation of Independent Business has joined in the lawsuit, challenging the constitutionality of the liberals government takeover of healthcare. The NFIB is the leading small business association representing small and independent businesses. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943, NFIB represents the consensus views of its members in Washington and all 50 state capitals. Joe has introduced the Siding... 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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Columbia TV station WIS airs Joe’s reaction to the Obama Administration’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court seat of the retiring John Paul Stevens. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Video: Joe’s response to Supreme Court nominee", url: "http://www.joewilsonforcongress.com/home/2010/05/video-joes-response-to-supreme-court-nominee/" }); ... Read More

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Members Say Obama Hasn’t Done Enough to Put Issue Atop the Priority List By Jennifer Bendery Roll Call Staff May 10, 2010, 12 a.m. House Democrats are worried about jobs ­— both for the country and themselves. And they blame President Barack Obama. Congressional Democrats started the year believing that once health care reform passed, they would quickly pivot to an agenda flush with job creation bills... Read More

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Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the April report showing 290,000 added jobs but an increased unemployment rate of 9.9%: “During these tough economic times, receiving news about added jobs is most welcome.  However, what I don’t want is for us to get wound up over what could be a mirage.  I am... 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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Working the Wendy’s drive up window…check. Laying bricks…yep. Making beds at a hotel….ditto. Changing oil….been there, done that. Joe Wilson loves rolling up his sleeves and getting down to business. During the month of May, Joe wants you to check out www.takejoetowork.com.  Submit your ideas on what workplace in the Second District Joe should visit.  During the Joe Means Jobs tour, Joe will talk about cutting... Read More

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Joe appeared on the FOX Business Channel’s Happy Hour show to talk about his bi-partisan effort to allow US citizens living outside the US to have easier access to have bank accounts in the US. Joe is calling for a hearing on the issue to allow up to 6.2 million US citizens living abroad to be able to maintain an account in the... Read More

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COURTESY: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Obama’s Jerusalem Stonewall By Mortimer Zuckerman 28 April 2010 Thanks to a deadlock engineered by the U.S. government, the Middle East peace process is stalled. President Obama began this stalemate last year when he called for a settlement freeze, and he escalates it now with a major change of American policy regarding Jerusalem. The president seeks to... Read More

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