Joe Wilson

The Obama administration to finally cease its silence--and that is at best--and its enabling of this great crime against women and children.

The greatest spread of democracy and freedom in the history of the world.

The primary function of the national government is national defense.

I want to preface my statement by recognizing the tremendous work the Department of Defense and the service leadership has done to respond to the disturbing trend of suicide in our Armed Forces.

I have the privilege to represent the 3rd District of North Carolina, the home of Camp Lejeune Marine Base.

Suicide is a difficult topic to discuss. Every suicide is a tragedy, but suicide by members of our military is even more difficult because they have given so much to this Nation.

I am also grateful for Ranking Member Susan Davis' work she did as chairman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee to bring attention to the psychological stress in the military.

I want service members to know they are talented people who are important and appreciated by the American people.

How could a rational person legitimately disagree with Boeing's decision when looking at South Carolina's business climate, its labor stability, and its $900 million incentive package?

The board's complaint is a step toward radically rewriting the NLRA.

I am very proud South Carolina was number one. Eighty-six percent of the people of our State voted to have secret ballots, Democrat and Republican.

The money has been spent, over $1 billion, by Boeing, by the people of South Carolina.

I want to thank you for pointing out that you are talking about possibly 3,800 jobs, 3,800 families could be affected.

The people of South Carolina, a huge majority, have really been shocked at the level of influence and power of unions in our country.

Actually, it is really 9,000 jobs with construction and suppliers throughout the State of South Carolina.

I want to thank you for your courage to be here today. You provide a human face of what I believe this is about.

This entire process is baseless.

Do we want American corporations doing business in America, or do we want to send more jobs to China?

Why are we here today? How did we get here?

The definition of intimidation is having the NLRB require the Boeing Corp. to spend hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars defending a baseless lawsuit.

It is obvious that the campaign season has begun.

Thank God for South Carolina, the home of common sense and the permanent home of the Boeing Corp., number one.

The people of South Carolina are so supportive of creating jobs and creating opportunity for the families of South Carolina.

We are a right-to-work State that protects the rights of workers.

But more importantly, right here, what we have is an assault on Boeing which kills jobs in South Carolina.