Joe Wilson

26 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2001

• Representative SC-2 2001–present

• role U.S. representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district since 2001
• background Attorney
• role South Carolina state senator from 23rd district from 1985 to 2001
• role Member of House Republican Policy Committee; assistant Republican whip
• controversy Interrupted President Obama's joint session speech in September 2009, shouting 'You lie!'
• controversy Received House reprimand for interrupting Obama's speech

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 35
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 323 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 35 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 9
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Joe Wilson. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Armed Services Committee · oversees Defense
• Education and Workforce Committee
• Foreign Affairs Committee
• Europe Subcommittee
• Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · oversees Health
• Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
• Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee
• Readiness Subcommittee
• Strategic Forces Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Wilson most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Wilson connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov