Press Releases
December 31, 2010
The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct announced it is dismissing the issue before it regarding Congressman Joe Wilson. Wilson released the following statement following the Committee’s dismissal:
December 31, 2010
(Columbia, SC) - Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement in regards to the passing of South Carolina textile icon Roger Milliken:
December 22, 2010
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) has announced three press conferences on Monday, January 3, 2011, in the Second Congressional District to unveil his legislative agenda for 2011:
December 21, 2010
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement after being appointed Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee by House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (CA-25) and Republican Leadership:
December 21, 2010
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement after being appointed Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee by House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (CA-25) and Republican Leadership:
December 21, 2010
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement after the U.S. Census Bureau announced congressional apportionment totals confirming South Carolina’s population growth and gain in Congressional representation:
December 20, 2010
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.), the current Ranking Member of House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), the top Republican on the committee’s Military Personnel Subcommittee, today responded to Senate passage of legislation repealing the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
December 9, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today celebrated the Department of the Navy announcement that Beaufort will base X F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadrons and X training squadrons.
December 3, 2010
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today released the following statement after the Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in November:
November 30, 2010
Washington, D.C.-The top Republicans on the Armed Service Committee and the Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel today called for vigorous Congressional oversight of the Department of Defense's newly-released "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" report and urged Democratic Congressional leaders to delay any attempts to repeal the law until Congress can hold hearings on the Pentagon's recommendations. Members and staff of the committee were briefed earlier today on the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" report by Department of Defense General Counsel Jeh Johnson and U.S. Army Europe Commanding Officer General Carter Ham, who were tapped by Secretary of Defense Gates to lead the review.