Press Releases

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the House passed the FY15 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. This piece of legislation is very important to South Carolina, as it will provide resources for the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken and Barnwell counties.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement in response to Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan D. Gibson's visit to Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, and the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court issued a decision in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in NLRB v. Noel Canning that President Obama's "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012 were unconstitutional.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after attending Corporal William "Kyle" Carpenter's Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House. On November 21, 2010, Corporal Kyle Carpenter of Gilbert, South Carolina, risked his life for a fellow Marine when he threw himself on a hand grenade while keeping watch on a rooftop in Afghanistan.

(Washington, DC) – Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel issued the following statement after President Obama announced he had accepted Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's resignation.

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) announced plans to recognize Zachary Valsecchi, a third grader at Round Top Elementary School in Blythewood, South Carolina, as the winner of the First Annual Second Congressional District Elementary School Challenge.

Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel issued the following statement after sending a letter to President Obama requesting Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki be removed from his position immediately.