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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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Sep 27, 2021

Increasing external malign influence, particularly from China and Russia, is undermining U.S. national security and economic objectives.

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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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Sep 23, 2021

I will vote in favor of the bill. But this is really a cover by the Democratic Party of the far left movement of their party abandoning the people of Israel. And so I urge a ``yes'' vote. But this is clearly just to cover a horrible…

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Sep 23, 2021

The U.S.-India partnership is strong and mutually vital. It is strengthened with a vibrant Indian- American community assimilated with fantastic economic success. We are grateful Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in America to attend the…

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Sep 23, 2021

I want to commend Chairman Ted Deutch. I am grateful to be the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism. I appreciate his heartfelt comments. I also have been to Sderot, and I have seen…

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Sep 22, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendment No…

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Sep 22, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendment No…

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Sep 22, 2021

As I begin, I was grateful to support the prior amendment that we just had by President Gerry Connolly and also Congressman Steve Chabot, but I oppose this particular amendment. U.S. troops are in Syria to fight ISIS. They were sent by…

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Sep 22, 2021

We are all concerned about the ongoing war in Yemen, including civilian casualties in the conflict with the Houthis murderously using civilians as human shields. The Iran-backed Houthis continue to launch indiscriminate attacks against the…

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Sep 22, 2021

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. The Chair…

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Sep 22, 2021

American neighborhoods are under terrorist threat due to the Biden catastrophic blunder of the Afghan surrender with on open southern border. This is not his only failure as inflation undermines American families. Under Biden, borrowing…

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Sep 22, 2021

I will disagree with Chairman Ted Deutch. Usually, we agree. Additionally, I disagree with Chairman Greg Meeks, but I do appreciate the chairman's recognition of the Iranian and Houthi drone attacks on civilian communities where large…

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Sep 22, 2021

I would like to reiterate and join, actually, with my colleagues to point out that it has been encouraging in recent weeks that the Biden administration has changed its messaging to strongly focus on the Houthis' intransigence in ending…

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Sep 20, 2021

I have to tell you, it is very upsetting to me that we do all this work here, we ask the Administration to put sanctions on different people, and yet the IMF, to which we proudly contribute the largest amounts of money--or if not, one of…

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Sep 20, 2021

the United States is not doing anything.

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Sep 20, 2021

I mean, we wanted to get rid of him for a long time.

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Sep 20, 2021

Will passing this legislation provide the Biden Administration with additional tools to address the political crisis in Nicaragua?

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Sep 12, 2021

Biden and Harris have also opened the southern border, stopping the wall of President Donald Trump.

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Sep 12, 2021

I am shocked at your actions superseding military advice, leading to the surrender in Afghanistan to be a safe haven for murderous terrorists.

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Aug 31, 2021

My beliefs have been actually expressed by the New York Post Editorial Board on September 1, and that is, quote, '6 lies Joe Biden told about Afghanistan.'

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Aug 15, 2021

In an interview on August 16, President Biden promised to keep military troops in Afghanistan until every American citizen who wanted to leave was able to leave. This did not happen.

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Jul 21, 2021

This month, I was grateful to participate in a Congressional delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly led by Senator Roger Wicker and Senator Ben Cardin. It was inspiring to see the extraordinary economic advances of Estonia and…

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Jul 20, 2021

Inflation threatens American families due to the out-of-control spending by President Joe Biden. Biden inflation directly impacts the day-to-day well-being of American families. Inflation is currently rising at the fastest pace in 13…

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Jul 19, 2021

The Biden administration budget request continues the trend of biasing air and naval resources at the cost of the Army.

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