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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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Jul 14, 2014

Again, we are all very appreciative of the competence and capabilities and the dedication of the people who are working on these issues.

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Jul 14, 2014

What a positive report. This is very unusual in Congress and--to see it coming together with common sense, so thank you very much.

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Jul 14, 2014

Keep us informed in however we can be of assistance.

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Jul 14, 2014

This is very encouraging, as you say change needed, that is impressive to me without recrimination and apparently, hopefully, without turf protection.

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Jul 11, 2014

This week, Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson visited the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. Then he toured the Charlie Norwood VA Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. VA Chairman Jeff Miller visited both hospitals…

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Jul 9, 2014

I am particularly concerned about the Department of Defense, how they acquire information, IT, technology systems.

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Jul 9, 2014

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership, and Ranking Member Kaptur, for your leadership in bringing this bill before us today. I appreciate very much the Congressman from Nebraska and his interest in the global threat reduction…

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Jul 9, 2014

I want to thank you and Vice Chairman Mac Thornberry for your leadership on these issues as we work to improve the system.

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Jul 8, 2014

Last week, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal published an editorial from the Colorado Springs Gazette titled: ``Immigration Crisis: Securing Border is Key to Stemming Flow of Children.'' Extraordinary points are made in the editorial: Failure…

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Jun 24, 2014

The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina, presented an editorial last Tuesday correctly revealing the wrong signal on immigration. The opinion states: Central American children have entered the United States in large numbers in…

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Jun 23, 2014

The President's broken promises continue to hurt American families. According to the administration's own report, an estimated 11 million small business employees are facing higher premiums because of the government health care takeover…

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Jun 23, 2014

And, Mr. King, in the event the Supreme Court holds that the January 2012; recess appointments to the NLRB are unconstitutional, what will come of the thousands of decisions issued by the board?

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Jun 23, 2014

Now there are 7,000 jobs at the Boeing facility in Charleston.

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Jun 23, 2014

I am also proud we also have the first female governor in 340 years.

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Jun 23, 2014

I want to thank you for the--and, hey, I love going by.

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Jun 23, 2014

I think that we are the prime example of abuse by the NLRB, which has made every effort to destroy jobs and destroy opportunity for the people in my state.

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Jun 18, 2014

And, hey, the thought that we would be considering military dimensions--as we know, they are developing a ballistic missile capability that could attack southeastern Europe all the way back over to India. So our allies are at risk.

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Jun 18, 2014

And we are going to need to continue to push back, I would say, far harder than we are now on Iranian shipment of arms, Iranian support for terrorism, and other activities like that, in part to show our allies that we are not stepping back…

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Jun 18, 2014

I believe that the President is putting American families at risk by ignoring the clear threats of Iran's rulers.

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Jun 18, 2014

Weakness will lead to conflict and more attacks worldwide.

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Jun 18, 2014

The President has failed to encourage the Green Revolution, where the young people of Iran wanted change, regime change.

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Jun 17, 2014

We're just in disengagement. Right? So, the war is still going to continue as far as you know.

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Jun 17, 2014

The President has disrespected all of them by releasing five Taliban.

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