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December 09, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement today after the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced that 176 teachers from the Second Congressional District of South Carolina recently earned National Board Certification. This is the highest number of newly certified teachers in any congressional district in the country.
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December 05, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement after Iraq’s presidency council ratified the Strategic Framework Agreement and Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and Iraq.
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November 21, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) today sent a letter to Chairman Bob Filner and Ranking Member Steve Buyer of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee requesting a hearing on the apparent mishandling and destruction of documents at certain regional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Wilson noted that the Veterans’ Affairs Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina is under investigation by the VA for the mishandling and shredding of 95 documents.
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November 19, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today in response to reports that the oversight mechanisms outlined in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act had yet to be fully implemented. Recently, he co-sponsored legislation that would not allow the Department of Treasury to spend the remaining $350 billion authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act without an explicit approval from Congress.
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November 11, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement on Veterans Day.
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October 26, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after attending a dedication ceremony for the new Fort Jackson National Cemetery.
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October 08, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today in support of Congressional hearings into corruption and bad practices by Wall Street corporative executives. Additionally, Congressman Wilson supports the call by House Republicans on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to hold hearings into the loosened lending practices at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that began in the mid 1990s.
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October 03, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed an economic rescue package aimed to protect American taxpayers from the fall-out of the current economic crisis.
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September 29, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after H.R. 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 failed to pass the House of Representatives.
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September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) issued the following statement today after House Republicans, led by Republican Leader John Boehner (OH-08) and Ranking Member of the Education and Labor Committee Republican Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (CA-25) released the results of a survey that highlights the effects of high energy prices on our nation’s schools.
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