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. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1985 to 2001. He sits on the Armed Services Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Education and Labor Committee. The following is from the December 10, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 7321, the Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act. I think it is reasonable to assume that I am not alone when I say that my office has been contacted with hundreds of phone calls and emails asking Congress not…