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March 15, 2011

The Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee today launched the first in a series of hearings to analyze the Administration's Fiscal Year 2011 for military health programs with the Department of Defense.  Rep.


March 15, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, released the following statement after this morning's hearing on Defense Health Program cost efficiencies and the Military Health System:

Issues:Our Veterans

March 8, 2011
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Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its February 2011 job report. The economy added 192,000 jobs, while more than 15 million people are without a job.

Issues:Economy and Jobs

March 3, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement regarding the House vote to pass the 1099 Repeal Bill, H.R. 4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011:


March 1, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after PGBA, a subsidiary of BlueCross and Blue Shield of South Carolina, was selected as a subcontractor by Humana Military Health Care Services for a recently awarded $23.5 million contract for TRICARE, the health insurance program for members and veterans of the military: 


March 1, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) was recognized by Heritage Action for America, a conservative advocacy group, as one of 47 Members of Congress who voted for every single spending cut in H.R. 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011.


February 24, 2011
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A US lawmaker visiting Bahrain amid an 11-day uprising against the country's monarchy said Thursday that the US Fifth Fleet should remain headquartered there despite the unrest.

 

Issues:Foreign Affairs

February 24, 2011
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Last week, the House of Representatives passed a measure to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year and cut $61 billion in the process.  The bill was considered under an open amendment process, and there were hundreds of amendments offered and over a hundred votes cast over the span of a week.  This after-action report will look solely at the Congressional appetite to cut

Issues:Economy and Jobs

February 24, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement regarding the Department of Defense's recent announcement to award a $35 Billion tanker contract to the Boeing Company,  

 


February 19, 2011

Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement after the House passage of H.R. 1, which cuts government spending by $100 Billion compared to the President's budget request for 2011: