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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ranking Member of the Helsinki Commission, introduced a resolution to respond to the Russian Federation delivering tactical nuclear weapons to the Republic of Belarus. This is the first time Russia has deployed nuclear warheads beyond its borders since the fall of the Soviet Union, and represents a serious threat to global security in the midst of the war in Ukraine.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Joe Wilson, Senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the House Armed Services Committee completed the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and James Risch (R-ID) introduced the Sanctions Evasion Whistleblower Rewards Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would protect national security by offering rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of sanctions evaders. 

Washington, D.C. – Representatives Joe Wilson (SC-02), William Timmons (SC-04), Russell Fry (SC-07), Nancy Mace (SC-01), Ralph Norman (SC-05), and Jeff Duncan (SC-03) introduced legislation to prohibit any regulations on the singing of the National Anthem in the U.S. Capitol, when the action does not interfere with the operation of the government.                       

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.