WILSON, JOE THE HON.

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WILSON, JOE THE HON.
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: Experience: House: District 2, 2001-Present; Home State: South Carolina; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $812,065Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Addison 'Joe' Graves Wilson, Sr.

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Roxanne; 4 Children: Alan, Addison, Julian, Hunter

Birth Date: 07/31/1947

Birth Place: Charleston, SC

Home City: Springdale, SC

Religion: Presbyterian

Education

JD, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1972

BA, Political Science, Washington and Lee University, 1969

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2001-present

Member, South Carolina Republican Party

Assistant Republican Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2007

Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 1984-¬ 2001

Current Legislative Committees

Armed Services, Member

Education and the Workforce, Member

Foreign Affairs, Member

Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Chair

Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, Member

Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Member

Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, Member

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Co-Chair, Afghanistan Caucus

Member, Air Force Caucus

Co-Chair, Americans Abroad Caucus

Member, Army Caucus

Republican Vice Chair, Boy Scout Caucus

Co-Chair, Bulgaria Caucus

Co-Chair, Composites Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Coastal Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Caucus

Member, County Community and Resource Development Committee

Vice Chair, County Registration and Elections Commission, 1973-74

Member, Death Tax Elimination Caucus

Member, House Cancer Caucus

Member, House Oceans Caucus

Member, Kurdistan Caucus

Member, Mongolia Caucus

Member, Navy-Marine Caucus

Member, Republican Israel Caucus

Member, Republican Policy Committee

Member, Republican Study Committee

Member, Reserve Components Caucus

Member, Special Operations Caucus

Member, Taiwan Caucus

Member, Tea Party Caucus

Co-Chair, Victory in Iraq Caucus

Member, Welfare Reform Task Force

Professional Experience

Founding Partner, Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor and Thomas

Attorney, Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor and Thomas

Judge, Springdale Town, South Carolina, 1977-80

Served, United States Army Reserves, 1972-75

Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Energy, 1981-82

Colonel, South Carolina Army National Guard, 1975-2003

Second District Chair, George W. Bush Presidential Campaign, 2000

Vice Chair, Strom Thurmond Senate Campaign, 1996

Second District Chair, George Bush Presidential Campaign, 1988, 1992

Second District Chair, Strom Thurmond Senate Campaign, 1990

District Chair, Governor Carroll Campbell, 1986

Campaign Manager, Congressman Floyd Spence, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982

Second District Chair, Ronald Reagan Presidential Campaign, 1976

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Advisory Board, Nations Bank Lexington

Member, Advisory Council, Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement

Member, Air Force Association

Member, Airport High School Parent-Teacher Association

Member, Alston-Wilkes Society

Member, American Heart Association

Member, American Legion

Member, American Legislative Exchange Council

Member, American Veterans

Member, Association of the United States Army

Member, Boy Scouts

Member, Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Director, Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees

Member, Cayce-West Columbia Rotary Club

Chair, Cayce-West Columbia Rotary Club

President, Cayce-West Columbia Rotary Club

Member, Chapin Chamber of Commerce

Member, Columbia World Affairs Council

Member, Falmer Middle School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Member, First Tuesday Republican Club, Lexington

Member, First Tuesday Republican Club, Richland

Member, Fourteenth Air Force Association

Member, Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce

Member, Kidney Foundation

Associate, Lexington and Dutch Fork Republican Women's Club

Member, Lexington Chamber of Commerce

Member, Lexington County Historical SocietyMember, South Carolina Republican Party, Lifetime Member

Member, Masons

Member, Mid-Carolina Mental Health Association

Member, Military Order of the World Wars

Member, National Guard Association

Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)

Member, Navy League

Member, Reserve Officers Association

Member, Shriners

Member, Sinclair Lodge 154

Member, Sons of Confederate Veterans

Member, South Carolina Homebuilders' Association

Member, South Carolina Lung Association

Member, South Carolina Republican Party, Lifetime Member

Member, Springdale Elementary, Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Member, State Development Board, 1975-80

Member, West Metro Chamber of Commerce

Member, Woodmen of the World

Member, Yorktown Association

Additional Information

Awards:

Spirit of Enterprise Award, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Friend of the Taxpayers, Americans for Tax Reform

Jefferson Award, U.S. Food Retailers Association

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Support It is necessary to keep "Three Strikes" laws and death penalty on the books, but we also need to avoid inappropriate imprisonment or sentencement.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Oppose Women or minorities should fend for themselves rather than relaying on government interventions, because government should not enforce this.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 215

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
02/04/2011	H.R.179	To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits.	02/04/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
02/04/2011	H.R.178	Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act	02/04/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
01/05/2011	H.R.185	Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2011	01/05/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
01/05/2011	H.R.184	Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2011	01/05/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
07/20/2010	H.Res.1491	Congratulating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks on winning the 2010 NCAA Division I College World Series.	07/20/2010 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
04/30/2010	H.R.4944	Siding with America's Patients Act	04/30/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions)
04/29/2010	H.Con.Res.271	Commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.	04/29/2010 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
02/18/2010	H.R.4525	To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are retired under chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the members' disability rating percentage.	02/18/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
01/25/2010	H.R.4427	To provide a pay increase of 1.9 percent for members of the uniformed services for fiscal year 2011.	01/25/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
01/12/2010	H.R.2189	Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2009	01/12/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. (All Actions)
01/12/2010	H.R.206	State Defense Force Improvement Act	01/12/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. (All Actions)
01/04/2010	H.R.4219	National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	01/04/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
11/03/2009	H.Con.Res.207	Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the victory of the United States in The Cold War and the Fall of the Berlin Wall.	11/03/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
07/20/2009	H.R.3194	For the relief of Sainey H. Fatty.	07/20/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. (All Actions)
06/12/2009	H.R.2537	Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2009	06/12/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
05/04/2009	H.R.216	Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2009	05/04/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. (All Actions)
04/27/2009	H.R.1864	To provide a pay increase of 3.4 percent for members of the uniformed services for fiscal year 2010.	04/27/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
04/23/2009	H.R.2063	To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to use repaid Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to pay down the public debt, and for other purposes.	04/23/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
03/17/2009	H.R.972	To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits.	03/17/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
03/16/2009	H.R.209	Helping Our Students Communicate Act of 2009	03/16/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. (All Actions)

Total: 3296

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
06/14/2017	H.R.2581	Verify First Act
06/08/2017	H.R.2823	Affordable Retirement Advice for Savers Act
05/22/2017	H.R.1625	Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking
05/22/2017	H.R.695	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.2519	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion.
05/18/2017	H.Res.341	Recognizing the contributions of Defense laboratories to national security and supporting the designation of May 18, 2017, as the "Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017".
05/18/2017	H.R.2390	PLO Accountability Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.Res.256	Expressing support for the countries of Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
05/18/2017	H.R.1677	Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.2353	Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
05/17/2017	H.J.Res.66	Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees.	Passed	Yea
05/05/2017	H.R.2186	EL CHAPO Act
05/04/2017	H.R.2358	Chinese American World War II Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act
05/04/2017	H.R.2192	To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff.	Passed	Yea
05/04/2017	H.R.1809	Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017
05/04/2017	H.R.1808	Improving Support for Missing and Exploited Children Act of 2017
05/04/2017	H.R.1644	Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act	Passed	Yea
05/03/2017	H.R.1180	Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
05/02/2017	H.R.2052	PRIVATE Act
04/28/2017	H.R.2232	Promoting Equality and Accountability at the United Nations Act of 2017

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