Press Releases
July 22, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today urged his colleagues to support extending unemployment benefits by using unused stimulus funds. Wilson thanks Congressman Dean Heller (R-NV) for putting forward an amendment to fully pay for extended unemployment benefits and COBRA premium assistance with unobligated stimulus monies. Unfortunately, Washington liberals blocked this common-sense and cost-saving amendment from even coming to the floor; Wilson urges Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconsider this obstruction.
July 20, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today thanked his colleagues for formally congratulating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks on winning the College World Series by passing House Resolution 1491 by a vote of 400-6, with 2 voting present. A video of Wilson's speech on the House floor in support of the resolution and the USC baseball team can be found here.
July 14, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after liberals defeated a proposal to save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars by getting rid of the promotional stimulus signs:
July 1, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) announced six town hall meetings he is hosting across South Carolina's Second District to focus on job creation and Washington's reckless spending habits.
June 30, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today expressed his disappointment after the House passed the Conference Report for the financial regulatory bill, H.R. 4173.
June 30, 2010
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission legal panel ruled yesterday that the U.S. Energy Department cannot withdraw its licensing application for Yucca Mountain to be a permanent nuclear waste repository. In a 47-page order, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruled Energy Secretary Steven Chu doesn't have the authority to pull the plug on a process that Congress started when it passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act in 1982.
June 28, 2010
The Supreme Court rightfully extended the reach of the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms to all 50 states by a vote of 5-4. The case, McDonald v. City of Chicago, is the second ruling on gun rights in three years, and substantially expounds on the 2008 Supreme Court decision in D.C. v. Heller that nullified the handgun ban in our nation's capital.
June 24, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement as YouCut, a Republican interactive initiative, received its one millionth vote:
June 22, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), the top Republican on the Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, today released the following statement on General Stanley McChrystal's Rolling Stone article:
June 17, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), a cosponsor of H.R. 5535 to save taxpayers $15 billion by selling excess federal land, released the following statement after Democrats defeated this cost-savings and common-sense proposal: