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May 15, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the House Armed Services Committee markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2009.
May 15, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after the House Armed Services Committee agreed yesterday afternoon to include language from his bill H.R. 826, the State Defense Force Improvement Act of 2007, as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2009. Congressman Wilson introduced H.R. 826 last year with fellow South Carolinian Rep. John Spratt as an original cosponsor.
May 13, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives today.
May 5, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after cosponsoring H.R. 5944, the Enhancement of Recruitment, Retention, and Readjustment Through Education Act of 2008. H.R. 5944, introduced by GOP Conference Chairman Adam Putnam (FL-12), makes needed improvements to the educational benefits provided to our military veterans. This legislation builds upon the already existing Montgomery GI Bill benefit program to ensure the update is quick and does not impair the program's effectiveness.
April 18, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) released the following statement today regarding H.R. 1395, the Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2007. This legislation introduced by Congressman Wilson would help put an end to the fraudulent use of government credit cards. A Senate companion bill, S. 789, introduced by Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), has recently been cleared by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
April 15, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today following a hearing by the House Armed Services Committee on 'Building Partnership Capacity and Development of the Interagency Process.' Witnesses for the hearing were Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen.
April 15, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today, April 15th - Tax Day.
April 9, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after hearing a report from General David Petraeus, Commanding General for Multi-National Force - Iraq, and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker on conditions on the ground in Iraq.
March 31, 2008
Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after visiting the University of South Carolina and Fort Jackson. Congressman Wilson was visiting as part of a congressional delegation which met with soldiers and drill instructors at the Recruiting and Retention School and basic training units at Fort Jackson as well as the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at the University of South Carolina.
March 24, 2008
"I recently announced that I would not seek any earmark funding requests in the Fiscal Year 2009 spending bills. This decision was a necessary response to the misuse and abuse inherent in today's earmarking process - a system that values power and position over merit and continues to jeopardize the trust of the American people."
