Press Releases
(West Columbia) – Congressman Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement in observance of the American Heart Association's National Wear Red Day:
"Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the United States and takes the life of one in three women each year. This disease also kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. These facts are a cause for action and our community must join together to spread awareness of heart disease to all the women in our lives.
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after the House passed the No Budget, No Pay Act by a vote of 285-144:
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing where Secretary of State Clinton testified about the Benghazi terrorist attack:
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement in remembrance of the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision:
"Forty years ago today, our nation's highest Court delivered a grave decision that weakened the immeasurable value of human life and forever changed our culture. Since 1973, over 50 million unborn children have been denied the unalienable right to life. Today, I pay tribute to these innocent lives and pledge my support to protect every human life, those born and unborn."
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) will hold three press conferences on Monday, January 7th, across the Second Congressional District to unveil his legislative priorities for 2013:
2013 Legislative Agenda Press Conferences
Monday, January 7, 2013
9:00AM
West Columbia
Office of Congressman Joe Wilson- 1700 Sunset Blvd.
11:00AM
Aiken
Aiken County Office Complex – 828 Richland Avenue West
1:00PM
North Augusta
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today unveiled his legislation agenda for 2013. Wilson held three press conferences throughout South Carolina's Second Congressional District in West Columbia, Aiken, and North Augusta to announce his priorities for the 113th Congress.
Chairman Joe Wilson of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel (SC-02) issued the following statement after introducing H.R. 32, the Military Surviving Equity Act of 2013. Currently, the Department of Defense's Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is offset, dollar-for-dollar, by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) plan, which is not what Congress intended. This bill would eliminate the offset, also known as the "widow's tax," on approximately 60,000 widows and widowers of our Armed Forces.
House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) made the following statement as prepared for delivery on the House floor regarding the Conference Report on H.R. 4310—National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013:
Today, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces announced the approval of a reprogramming request of $34.2 million dollars from the Salt Waste Processing Facility's (SWPF) operational account to its construction account. The reprogramming request will save 700 construction jobs at Savannah Rive Site (SRS):
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced Tim Scott will replace Senator Jim DeMint in the United States Senate: