Joe Wilson actually said...

"I would like to thank you again for this opportunity to express our concerns on these important issues."

"Well, it is really, again, inspiring to me to know the talented people serving in the Navy who have volunteered to serve around the world as sand sailors, many of them trained at Fort Jackson, South C..."

"I appreciate Chairwoman Davis visited with me at Fort Jackson, the recruiting and retention school, last year."

"I am interested in hearing your assessment, all of you, as to where the risk may exist in the proposed cuts in recruiting and retention."