oe serves on the House Armed Services Committee - where he serves as Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Military Personnel - the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. For further information on these committees, please click here. He was appointed by the Republican Leader to the highly influential Republican Policy Committee and works as an Assistant Republican Whip. He is Co-Chair of the Bulgaria Caucus, the Afghanistan Caucus, the Kurdistan Caucus, the Americans Abroad Caucus, and the Victory in Iraq Caucus.
While serving the Second Congressional District of South Carolina, Joe is committed to promoting peace through a strong national defense, decreasing taxes for all Americans, and limiting the size of the federal government.
Joe is married to Roxanne Dusenbury McCrory, who continues to offer him strength and support in his every endeavor. They are the parents of four sons, all of whom serve in the U.S. military, and the proud grandparents of three boys and two girls. Alan, his oldest son, is a Major in the Army National Guard who proudly served for a year in Iraq; Addison is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a physician who recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq; Julian is a Captain in the South Carolina Army National Guard who served on a peacekeeping tour in Egypt; and Hunter is enrolled in Army ROTC at Clemson University and is a Cadet in the South Carolina Army National Guard. Their fours sons are all Eagle Scouts.
If the scalpel was used to go through the 12 appropriations bills worth $19.6 billion last year, taxpayers might not be on the hook for some of the most egregious projects that make the headlines.
After using the scalpel, the liberal majority should drop their job-killing proposals like a government health care takeover and national energy tax. Instead, Congress should work together to pass tax relief for small businesses and families and on a bill that makes health care more affordable and accessible for all Americans.
Finally, lawmakers must remain committed to battling this spending habit each year. Tough talk only around election time isn’t going to be enough—this is going to be a long-term commitment.
If lawmakers do not meet these challenges, I fear this fiscal hole is so deep that my generation will not only fail to dig ourselves out, but we won’t even leave our children a shovel with which to escape.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R) represents South Carolina’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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