Press Releases

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, today released the following prepared remarks for the subcommittee’s hearing to receive an overview of military resale and morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) programs.

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after Dixie-Narco and their parent company, Crane Company, announced the expansion of nearly 1000 jobs at their Williston plant.

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement as Democrats introduced the “Employee Free Choice Act” – job-killing legislation that strips American workers of their right to a secret ballot election when choosing to join a union.

The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel today held its second hearing in a series focused on sexual assault in the military.  Today’s hearing focused on ongoing efforts to prevent sexual assault.  Subcommittee Ranking Member Joe Wilson (R-SC) released the following prepared remarks for the hearing.

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a housing bill that will bailout irresponsible behavior at the expense of taxpayers and those who played by the rules.

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives today.

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today in response to the inclusion of a cap and trade proposal for carbon emissions in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget.  Such a proposal would raise energy prices for American consumers according to OMB Director Peter Orszag.  In a September 2008 testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Orszag, then Director of the Congressional Budget Office, stated that “decreasing those emissions would also impose costs on the economy…much of those costs will be passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices for energy and energy intensive goods.”

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after accepting the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Eagle Award.  The citation accompanying the award states that it is given “for exceptional meritorious achievement championing legislation critically important to National Guard enlisted men and women, their families, and veterans.”