Honorable Joe Wilson
United States Representative, South Carolina, Republican
Representative Wilson, of the Second District of South Carolina, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2001 in a special election. He was a practicing attorney from 1972 to 2001 and served in the South Carolina Senate from 1985 to 2001. He sits on the Armed Services Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, the Education and the Workforce Committee, and the Foreign Affairs Committee. The following is from the July 26, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1938, the North American-Made Energy Security Act. I appreciate the leadership of Congressman Lee Terry of Nebraska…
