{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://joewilson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/wilson-announces-2017-legislative-agenda-0", "Wilson Announces 2017 Legislative Agenda", "2016-12-27", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Joe Wilson", "W000795", "joewilson.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02) announced his 2017 Legislative Agenda at media presentations across the Second Congressional District of South Carolina, visiting West Columbia, Aiken, North Augusta, Barnwell, and Orangeburg. \u201cWith President-elect Donald Trump and strong majorities in the House and Senate, we have been given a new opportunity to promote positive conservative change,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cI am optimistic for our children and grandchildren\u2014fighting to promote limited government and expanded freedom for American families.\u201d \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Focusing on creating jobs and economic growth, Wilson detailed plans to reduce taxes and harmful regulations that destroy jobs. \u201cGovernment regulation and overbearing executive action stifled small businesses and job-creators. I will continue to support initiatives in Congress to lower taxes and reduce costly regulations.\u201d\nAs Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee for Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Wilson is also committed to strengthening our nation\u2019s cyber capabilities and promoting our military and veterans. \u201cIn the past year, terrorist attacks at home and across the globe have constantly reminded that we are in the Global War on Terrorism. We need to promote peace through strength to protect American families.\u201d\nThroughout the 115th Congress, Wilson will advance legislation in the following areas:\nCreate Jobs and Economic Growth\u00a0by working with local chambers and agencies to bring quality jobs to South Carolina, protecting our \u201cRight to Work\u201d laws, continuing to advocate for the critical missions at the Savannah River Site and Savannah River National Lab, and repealing and replacing Obamacare.\nReduce Regulations that Harm Jobs\u00a0by supporting a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution and conservative budgets, cutting taxes to allow families to keep more of their hard-earned paychecks, and eliminating burdensome government regulations that stifle small businesses and job creation.\nStrengthen our nation\u2019s cyber capabilities\u00a0to protect our nation against cyberattacks by strengthening our nation\u2019s offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, coordinating an inter-agency response to cyberattacks, and promoting public-private partnerships to encourage innovation.\nPromote our Military and Veterans\u00a0by maintaining our military\u2019s responsiveness and capabilities to promote peace through strength, protecting TRICARE benefits and sustaining quality of life for military families, reversing defense sequestration which hollows out the military, supporting National Guard and Reserve units, and supporting reforms to the VA system.\nView his legislative agenda here.\u00a0\nView a video about his legislative agenda tour here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://joewilson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/wilson-announces-2017-legislative-agenda-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2716850508004427, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}