Wilson Leads 41 Bipartisan Lawmakers Introducing a Resolution Calling for Charleston to Host the 2027 OSCE PA

Washington, DC – Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), the head of the U.S. Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and Chairman of the First Committee of the OSCE PA leads 41 cosponsors in a resolution Recognizing Charleston as the appropriate host city for the 2027 annual meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

     The original cosponsors of the resolution are: Representatives Nancy Mace (R-SC), Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Russell Fry (R-SC), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Michael McCaul (R-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), James Moylan (R-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), James Baird (R-IN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Daniel A. Webster (R-FL), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Cory Mills (R-FL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Don Bacon (R-NE), Ben Cline (R-VA), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Taylor (R-OH), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Mark Alford (R-MO), and Carol Miller (R-WV). 

     A full copy of H.Res. 1451 is available here. 

     Chairman Wilson previously sent a letter to the Secretariat of the OSCE PA explaining why Serbia would not be an ideal host for the 2027 assembly, and that letter is available here. 

     Chairman Wilson has also sent a letter to those who mentioned financial concerns about the OSCE PA, explaining how budgetary constraints and other perceived concerns will not prevent Charleston from hosting in 2027, that letter is available here. 

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