Press Releases
January 11, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson unveiled his 2010 legislative priorities during three press conferences throughout South Carolina’s Second Congressional district:
January 5, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today in support of C-SPAN’s request to keep the public informed through media coverage during future health care negotiations:
January 5, 2010
(Columbia, S.C.) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) has announced three press conferences this Thursday and Friday in the Second Congressional District to unveil his priorities for 2010:
January 5, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement thanking Congressman Henry Brown (SC-01) for his service after learning that he will not seek a sixth term in Congress:
December 21, 2009
Early this morning, the Senate voted to advance a massive government takeover of health care. Two more procedural votes will take place this week and reports indicate that the final Senate vote is set for 7:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) is urging the American people to sound the alarm and make their voices heard between now and the critical Christmas Eve vote.
December 18, 2009
South Carolina’s unemployment rate hit an all-time high at 12.3% for the month of November. Upon hearing about the state’s unemployment numbers, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), a member of the Education and Labor Committee, continued to sound the alarm about the need for Congress to consider job creation policies:
December 9, 2009
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Congressman Jack Kingston (GA-01), Congressman Mark Souder (IN-03), and Congressman Jeff Miller (FL-01) today demanded an audit of stimulus funds. Just this morning, reports showed that Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s pollster, received $6 million in stimulus money to preserve three jobs. Furthermore, the Administration still hasn’t thoroughly addressed the major discrepancies and inaccuracies of reporting on Recovery.gov. With the Government Accountability Office stating that one out of every 10 jobs created by the stimulus are also fake, it’s high time for Congress to act. The National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will create a bipartisan commission to investigate the effects of this “stimulus” bill.
December 8, 2009
In an effort to ensure full accountability of stimulus dollars, Congressman Joe Wilson will be joined by Congressman Jack Kingston, and Congressman Mark Souder to call for an audit of stimulus funds and introduce the National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This legislation will create a bipartisan commission to investigate the effects of this “stimulus” bill.
December 7, 2009
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement after learning about the passing of Major General (Ret) Grady Patterson:
December 4, 2009
As new dismal unemployment numbers were released today, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), a member of the Education and Labor Committee, continued to ask the Administration and Speaker Pelosi to consider job creation policies: