Joe Wilson actually said...

"I am very grateful that Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is going to be the new chair of the Emerging Threats Subcommittee."

"In a recent hearing from General David Petraeus to this committee, he emphasized on the importance of discrediting, quote, 'the ideology of Islamic extremism.'"

"It is very important to me that we support the people of the Kurdish region, with the understanding that they are working to maintain and build a stable Iraq."

"It should be so clear, this is not a threat to the People's Republic."