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 Wednesday's Washington Examiner, columnist John Stossel quoted Economist John B. Taylor of the Hoover Institution who stated: Unpredictable economic policy--massive fiscal stimulus and ballooning debt, the Federal Reserve's quantitative…
Last Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed House and Senate Republicans' concerns by finally acknowledging that the Overseas Contingency Operations, a fund used to support troops in combat, will be subject to the sequestration cuts. The Office…
These services are vital for our service members, military families, and veterans worldwide.
And I encourage you to put together a plan so that the American public can see what the impact to its soldiers will be.
I am very, very concerned about the effect of sequestration, the defense cuts, as to the impact on our service members, military families, veterans.
In the current economy, commissaries and exchanges provide extraordinary job opportunities for military spouses and families.
Thank you very much. And it is particularly important you indicated that 26 percent of your personnel are persons of military families.
Are there legislative or policy barriers that prevent the military resale activities from fully supporting military patrons and their communities and maximizing sales?
And I appreciate you raising this for the American people to know. And I am just so hopeful that there can be bipartisan addressing of this issue.
These programs are widely acknowledged as highly valuable and appreciated benefits that support Active Duty retention, the well-being of the military community, and the combat readiness of the force.
I want to thank the committee, and specifically Congressman Jones, for the language you included in last year's National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] that authorized the exchanges to use the Federal Finance Bank.
Your commitment to our service members--and it is so exciting for me to hear what Pat mentioned about military families and employment opportunities--this is just extraordinary.
You can't negotiate with these dictators; these tyrants. You got to let them know that you are not going to go any further with them.
We are not going to negotiate anymore. Here is what you got to do and if you don't want to do it, you know, you take the initiative and we will respond, and we will respond very strongly.
Does our Government want to walk an innocent American citizen out of this prison or do they prefer to carry them out?
Tyrants like that only react to strength. And we had a peace through strength under Reagan.
I was deeply disturbed by our State Department's report to this subcommittee on May 22nd that, 'Embassy La Paz will continue to remain in close contact with Mr. Ostreicher and his family and will carefully monitor the progress of his case.'
The President's policies are failing our families and destroying jobs. Since the President was sworn into office in January 2009, our citizens have lost a net of 740,000 jobs, as was discovered on Friday. For the past 40 months, the…
Tomorrow marks the official first day of hurricane season. Each year, South Carolinians remain alert from June through the summer, hoping another Hurricane Gracie, Hugo or Andrew does not reach our beaches, bringing massive destruction…
For the past 39 months, our Nation's unemployment rate has remained above 8 percent due to the administration's failed policies. Sadly, the average unemployment rate for our veterans is even higher. Congress has developed a pilot program…
Thank you for your leadership on behalf of the military families, servicemembers, and veterans of our country. The Military Personnel titles of the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act are a product of an open, bipartisan…
Today the House will debate the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The House Armed Services Committee approved this bipartisan bill last week by a vote of 56 5. Earlier this year, the administration announced an…





