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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.

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Nov 16, 2021

And it's really sad to me that, in fact, in Latin America only five countries have designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

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Nov 16, 2021

And what is the status of the Administration urging the European Union as well as other European member States to designate all of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and to sanction it?

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Nov 16, 2021

The intelligence community assessed that both ISIS-K and al-Qaeda intend to conduct external operations, including against the United States.

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Nov 16, 2021

I learned that names on the terrorist watch list have crossed into the United States.

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Nov 16, 2021

I am concerned that the Biden Administration may be lifting terrorism sanctions on any of these banks or companies.

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Nov 16, 2021

Iran is a State sponsor of terrorism. In fact, it's the leading world sponsor of terrorism.

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Nov 16, 2021

Thank you, Chairman Ted Deutch, for holding this hearing today.

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Oct 27, 2021

I look forward to working with Chairman Garamendi in a bipartisan manner on how we address this.

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Oct 27, 2021

I would be very interested in seeing what has been recorded and what is to be anticipated.

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Oct 27, 2021

It is really refreshing to see people as positive as you are attempting to be.

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Oct 20, 2021

If these Havana Syndrome attacks are truly anomalous health incidents, then there is no purpose for this ANS at all.

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Oct 20, 2021

We have seen time and again that this Administration consistently fails at keeping our citizens safe.

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Oct 20, 2021

We should support maintaining expanding sanctions against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies.

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Oct 20, 2021

Thank you very much, Chairman Greg Meeks and Ranking Member Mike McCaul, for your efforts to bring these bipartisan measures before the Committee today.

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Oct 20, 2021

There is bipartisan consensus that these are attacks being conducted by a foreign adversary.

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Oct 20, 2021

The Biden Administration is refusing to acknowledge the near reality that these are not just random health incidents; they are almost certainly directed attacks from an adversary.

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Sep 28, 2021

How many citizens, green card holders, and Afghan allies were left behind by the military's premature withdrawal on August 31st? What is the plan now to get these vulnerable people out of Afghanistan?

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Sep 28, 2021

Even before the August 31 withdrawal of troops, there were frustrating reports of Americans and Green Card holders being turned away at the gates of the airport or being instructed by the Administration and the U.S. military to stay away…

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Sep 28, 2021

We count on you and your leadership and these Generals to know the war is not over.

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Sep 28, 2021

The war is not over. It is coming to America.

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Sep 28, 2021

What President Biden said is: We are done. We are not going to have these hearings anymore.

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Sep 28, 2021

Again, Biden was correct; the buck stops with him. The war has moved from Afghanistan to American neighborhoods, equally endangering our allies of India and Israel.

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Sep 28, 2021

Biden was correct when he said the buck stops with him, as the person responsible for Afghanistan as well as for the terrorists that are now crossing the southern border to plan attacks on American neighborhoods.

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Sep 27, 2021

I was grateful to join Chairman Ted Deutch in the bipartisan Libya Stabilization Act, which is to come up for suspension today, to curb the foreign malign influence by actors such as Russia.

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