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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) joined Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-NJ) Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe in announcing the introduction of a bipartisan House Resolution aimed at urging the Biden administration to swiftly provide Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine. This resolution is co-sponsored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Subcommittee on Europe Ranking Member Bill Keating (D-MA), Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Jared Golden (D-ME).

     Washington, D.C. – Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Lois Frankel (D-FL) introduced legislation to extend and increase international development cooperation between the United States and Israel. This legislation reauthorizes and expands a successful program that has enabled the U.S., through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Israel, primarily through the Israeli Agency for International Development and Cooperation (MASHAV), to engage in sustainability projects in developing countries.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Joe Wilson commented on the Department of Justice indictment of former President Donald Trump.

     “The insulting indictment of President Donald Trump is an attack on American democracy, undermining Rule of Law. All citizens of all parties are at risk of abuse by Big Government subverting freedom.”

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Washington, D.C. – Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, Subcommittee Ranking Member Dean Phillips (D-MN), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY), joined House Foreign Affairs Committee colleagues James Baird (R-IN), and Colin Allred (D-TX) in releasing the following statement regarding the introduction of the U.S.-Israel Partnership and Abraham Accords Enhancement Act of 2023.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Joe Wilson congratulates President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Türkiye on his win in the recent presidential election.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, welcomed the full committee voice vote passage of the Assad Anti-Normalization Act of 2023. The legislationholds the regime of Bashar al-Assad accountable for its crimes against the Syrian people and illustrates the severe cost of governments considering normalization with the Assad regime.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Dan Kildee (D-MI) introduced the bipartisan Farm Operations Support Act, legislation that would revert the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) to the December 2022 rate for the remainder of 2023. The AEWR in South Carolina rose 14% from $11.99/hour to $13.67/hour in February 2023.

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), Jason Crow (D-CO), Young Kim (R-CA), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced a bipartisan resolution commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the homecoming of United States prisoners of war (POWs) from Vietnam and recognizing their service and sacrifices.

     The resolution also expresses Congressional approval for an awards ceremony of the 50^thanniversary to be held at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California.