Press Releases
July 29, 2006
The House of Representatives last night approved H.R. 4, the “Pension Protection Act,” by an overwhelming vote of 279-131. Congressman Joe Wilson, a member of the House Committee on Education & the Workforce, made the following statement:
July 27, 2006
The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5682, the “United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006.” The bill passed by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 359 - 68. Congressman Joe Wilson, past Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, made the following statement:
July 27, 2006
Congressman Joe Wilson on Monday will join Chairman Sam Johnson and members of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Employer - Employee Relations for a field hearing in Plano, Texas. This hearing will address a key issue in the debate surrounding illegal immigration: employee verification systems and employer enforcement.
July 27, 2006
The House of Representatives today adopted the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4157, the Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006. Congressman Joe Wilson’s amendment to strike language requiring hospitals to report the range of private contractual negotiated rates for inpatient services was included.
July 26, 2006
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today addressed a joint session of Congress regarding the progress being made in Iraq and the work ahead. Congressman Joe Wilson, Co-Chair of the Victory in Iraq Caucus, made the following statement:
July 26, 2006
The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5057, the “Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act.” The bill passed by a voice vote. Congressman Joe Wilson made the following statement:
July 11, 2006
Today, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Past Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, strongly condemned a series of terror attacks at train stations in India:
July 10, 2006
Today, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) was the keynote speaker at a panel event hosted by the Heritage Foundation regarding the status of U.S.-India relations. He made the following remarks:
July 7, 2006
After the U.S. Department of Labor reported that 121,000 American jobs were created in June, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) made the following statement regarding House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (CA-08) pessimistic statement about American job growth:
June 27, 2006
After the House International Relations Committee overwhelmingly passed the “U.S.-India Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006” (H.R. 5682), Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) made the following statement: