“House Republicans voted four times to avoid a shutdown. House Republicans were sincere in their actions and now vote repeatedly to save jobs and help families”, said Rep. Joe Wilson.
On October 7, 2013 Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of Representatives for one minute regarding the government shutdown, which he reminded everyone is stretching into it’s second week so far…
“Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago Friday, the President called Speaker Boehner out of the blue to announce he would not negotiate to avoid a shutdown. Since then, the President has made no plans to negotiate and has hosted one White House meeting to restate his position to not negotiate.”
“Clearly, this confirms the American people should look at the actions of all officials, not just words. Sadly, the President says he “has bent over backwards to work with the Republicans,” but this is not accurate. This continues his actions different from his words. In February 2009, the President announced the deficit was unsustainable, but then he tripled it”, he said.
“House Republicans voted four times to avoid a shutdown. House Republicans were sincere in their actions and now vote repeatedly to save jobs and help families. It is my hope there will be good-faith negotiations and we can come together to avoid the upcoming unsustainable fiscal crisis by ending the shutdown and addressing the debt limit. In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism”, said Rep. Wilson (source: Congressional Record
Congressman Joe Wilson currently serves on three powerful committees in the House of Representatives including the House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Rep. Wilson is a staunch Republican and Tea Party advocate who is best know perhaps for shouting at President Obama during his Health Care speech and basically calling him a Liar!
Which, of course shocked most decent and self respecting people who heard it.
See shocking video: GOP Rep. to Obama “You Lie” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgce06Yw2ro).