Editorial
March 31, 2005
Today, Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) expressed his support for the U.S. Department of Energy's decision to construct a facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS) to manufacture mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for eventual use in commercial nuclear power plants."This decision is a big step in the right direction," said Wilson.
October 10, 2003
The central front in the War on Terror is being fought in Iraq and it was an honor to be selected by Armed Services Committee Ranking Democrat Ike Skelton (D-MO) to serve on a delegation in mid-September to newly liberated Iraq.
June 10, 2002
Since the historic welfare reforms first passed by the Republican Congress in 1996, welfare caseloads have been cut in half, child hunger has been nearly cut in half, the poverty rates for black children and single mothers are both at all-time lows, and the number of children living in two-parent families has increased.
March 20, 2002
This spring, Congress will be dealing with the reauthorization of the historic welfare reforms made in 1996. During my 17-year tenure in the S.C. Senate, I fought for elevating those on welfare out of poverty, and I am eager to work with my colleagues on Capitol Hill and President Bush.