I agree 100 percent with Representative Smith, I put Americans in jail for 25 years.
Joe Wilson
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Joe Graves Wilson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he has been involved in various legislative efforts during his tenure in Congress. Wilson is known for his focus on issues such as military and veterans' affairs, education, and energy policy. He has also been active in promoting economic development in South Carolina.
In a recent opinion piece submitted to Politico, Jeffrey Zients, the Acting Director for the Office of Management and Budget, wrote: As President Barack Obama has said many times, the sequester wasn't meant to be implemented. It was…
Additionally, in your testimony you indicated this will affect our service members who are serving overseas, actually in the line of fire.
Defense sequestration is a very real danger that will threaten our national security, put our brave men and women in uniform at risk, and destroy up to 1 million jobs across our country. Sadly, the President avoids action on this extremely…
Since the President took office, his administration has enacted over 400 new government regulations limiting small business owners from creating new jobs. This year alone, the Federal Register has published over 41,000 pages of regulations…
This month, in Politico, Todd Harrison, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, warned of the impacts that sequestration will have on the Department of Defense civilian work force if action is not taken. If…
For the foreseeable future, what Afghanistan has to offer is trouble and difficulty.
Sadly, the President has threatened a veto. The Senate has not taken up the legislation.
The Hill newspaper published a special report a few weeks ago, bringing more attention to the very real threat of defense sequestration. Many people are under the false impression that defense spending represents a significantly larger…
Thank you for your leadership. You have proposed legislation that would address sequestration.
And it is an extraordinary coincidence, each of you have identified a date prior to November 6, which is Election Day. So this is something the American people need to know.
As we conclude, we have just received sad news of a terrorist attack on a bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, and I want to express my sympathy for the tourists from Israel and our NATO ally Bulgaria.
I particularly appreciate it. I represent the communities of Fort Jackson, Fort Gordon. I want the best for our troops, for their health and safety.
Tomorrow House Republicans will vote for the 32nd time to repeal, defund, or dismantle the President's government health care takeover bill. Not only will this legislation grow the size of government, limiting freedom, it will also levy 21…
I would like to thank Chairman Kline for yielding. I am thankful for his leadership on this very important issue promoting limited government and expanding freedom. Due to the passage of ObamaCare, America is set to experience the largest…
Yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court to uphold ObamaCare is discouraging for America's small businesses by destroying jobs and threatening families with the loss of their insurance policies. When the President lobbied for the passage…
Today's decision by the Supreme Court is extremely disappointing, undermining limited government and expanded freedom. The decision reveals ObamaCare as a huge tax increase on middle class taxpayers, destroying jobs. We should have health…
Americans will find out what we've been anxiously awaiting for the past 2 years: whether or not the government health care takeover bill is constitutional. Tomorrow, at 10 a.m., people across the Nation will be closely watching and…
Yesterday, the Supreme Court upheld section 2(b), or the ``Check Your Papers'' provision, of the Arizona immigration law. This requires the police to check the immigration status of persons whom they detain before releasing. Upholding this…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced yesterday that the number of job openings is at its lowest point in 5 months. The number of available jobs dropped from 3.7 million in March to 3.4 million in April. This fact shows that the…
Last Friday, the President revealed a new policy that promotes illegal aliens who are in our country from deportation. This shifts jobs from lawful Americans to illegal aliens. As a former immigration attorney myself, we welcome legal…





