Joe Wilson

The AH-64 Apache--It is the Army's multi-role attack helicopter of choice and will remain so through 2040.

We should remember that the despots who have seized the great country of Iran are promoting, clearly, their goals, signs in English that state 'Death to America. Death to Israel.'

Additionally, sadly, Russia is violating international law by annexing sovereign territory of the Republic of Georgia and Ukraine.

I am very concerned about the shifting of spending from national defense to other programs at a time of dangerous worldwide threats.

We don't want to take money out of people's pockets but we have to do something to maintain that readiness.

We should be standing up for positive religious principles and push back on political correctness.

We had all hoped for a much more positive relationship with the Russian Federation, but there are consequences to aggression in Ukraine, aggression in the Republic of Georgia.

I believe it is in the interest of our national security that we should shift to American-made engines.

And so the way to address that is to close the on-post facilities, again affecting military families, and I just see this as just--and it couldn't possibly have been an intended consequence.

I am very concerned about the unintended consequences of the decision to raise the minimum wage for Federal contractors.

I have always had faith in your leadership and your service, so thank you very, very much.

What we are talking about is defense sequestration. The American people think of sequestration and think of reduced spending.

Families report that dollar caps under the Autism Demonstration and the ABA Pilot prevent them from accessing recommended treatment services.

Why are the enrollment and authorization requirements for the ABA Pilot more burdensome than authorizations under the Autism Demonstration and the TRICARE Basic program?

Thank you very much, Dr. Heck.

I would like to begin by acknowledging the remarkable military and civilian medical professionals who provide extraordinary care to our service members and their families.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a meeting of the House Armed Services Committee, Military Personnel Subcommittee.

I'm very concerned about the Christian community. You know, the Christian community has been slaughtered.

I think that, you know, the price that we paid has to mean something and the sacrifice that these people made... has to mean something at the end of the day and we should do as much as we can.

I remember being told that we could not win against communism, that it was the wave of the future, and so we did, and thanks to the American military we have a greater spread of democracy today than in the history of the world.

That is the message that I would take back to the American population and to remind them that this is not going to end tomorrow, it is not going to end next week, that we have to prepare for a very, very long struggle.

The demonstrators in Tehran in Iran, the state sponsor of terrorism, mean what they say.

The President...was in a situation of wishful thinking that Al Qaeda was being diminished.

The American people need to remember that Al Qaeda declared war on the American people in 1996.

I appreciate your being here, but you can tell the Members of Congress are vitally interested.