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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.
On the very evening the President held a town hall calling for increased gun control, Philadelphia Police Officer Jesse Hartnett was shot at 11 times. None of the President's proposals would have prevented the attack. More gun control will…
Last week The Wall Street Journal reported that the National Security Agency, the NSA, is actively spying on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of our Nation's closest allies. This revelation comes just 2 years after the…
On December 23, the Augusta Chronicle published an editorial with significant insight: ``President Obama finally has a counterterrorism strategy: Photo-ops and speeches. After dawdling for several years in the fight against ISIS, his…
I want to thank Chairman Mac Thornberry for his promotion of acquisition reform, experimentation and agility.
The success, again, of the Navy for decades should be replicated with SMRs, and I wish you well.
Yesterday I traveled across the Second Congressional District of South Carolina, visiting communities in Columbia, West Columbia, Aiken, North Augusta, Barnwell, Orangeburg, and Lexington to present my 2016 legislative agenda. At each…
Last Monday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirmed what we have seen for the last 5 years: ObamaCare destroys jobs. Over the next 10 years, ObamaCare is expected to significantly reduce American work hours, destroying…
I appreciate Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina for her decision to enforce the law and fine the Department of Energy for failing to process weapons-grade plutonium, which the Department was statutorily mandated by 50 U.S. Code…
In May 2014, the President shocked the world by announcing that he had negotiated with terrorists to secure the disgraced Sergeant Bergdahl's release from the Taliban. Yesterday the House Armed Services Committee, led by Chairman Mac…
It is sad to me that it took the President 5 days to identify the attack in San Bernardino as terrorism. After I heard the tragic news last Wednesday, I knew in 5 seconds it was a terrorist attack. The President needs to revisit the 9/11…
Today I am grateful to express my appreciation for Major Jacob Barton. He has been serving in the office of South Carolina's Second Congressional District on loan from the Army for the past year as a defense fellow. Major Barton enlisted…
This bill would end the clearly identified widow's tax or the dollar-for-dollar offset of payments.
The spouses of military service members are owed a debt of gratitude and appreciation.
I am grateful for your recognition of this problem and your efforts in correcting it, which is bipartisan as confirmed by the cosponsorship of this legislation by Ranking Member Susan Davis.
I appreciate his persistence in regard to the doctor, and that really should be so important for the relationship that we have with Pakistan.
It would actually be in the interest of the military, the government, whatever.
Well, that is disappointing because I know, in my home State of South Carolina, over 60 percent of all electrical generation is clean, green nuclear.
Last Saturday marked the fifth annual Small Business Saturday, a day when we recognize the importance of local businesses by shopping at these community businesses. Saturday's event was particularly meaningful to small businesses in South…
Millions of Americans across the country know the benefits of evidence-driven mental health care; yet, our national mental health system has been harmed after years of bad policy. Yesterday The Wall Street Journal stated, ``As it happens…
Thank you for your bipartisan leadership on this issue addressing a bipartisan alternative.
The President's legacy of tragic failure is more revealing every day as refugees flee conflict, with children drowning at sea. He should change course to build peace and avoid murderous attacks on American families. I appreciate The…
As the world faces mass killings by ISIS, Daesh, of Russian, Lebanese, and French citizens, as Daesh has announced plans to target Washington and Rome and New York, we need to review how we got here and together change course. President…
I am grateful this morning that General John Keane testified before a joint hearing of the Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Committees. General Keane provided an overview: ``ISIS is part of the multigenerational struggle against…
I join with my colleague from Illinois. This is certainly a bipartisan issue. On Friday, the world watched in horror as Paris endured multiple murderous attacks by Islamist radicals. My thoughts and prayers go out to the citizens of…
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