Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson
Heather Ann Wilsonis President of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. She is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 1998 to 2009. She was the first female military veteran elected to a full term in Congress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 December 1960
CountryUnited States of America
independent issues important
I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.
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I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities.
issues safety borders
Border security is a safety issue.
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I support legal immigration.
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I support legal immigration. I don't support amnesty because it is not fair to people standing in line at consulates around the world.
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The men who wrote the Constitution feared most a strong Executive with control of a standing army. Our Constitution is set up to protect all of us from tyranny.
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The law was written in 1978, pre-cell phone, pre-Internet. We need to do some updating.
It lacked all credibility, just as I told them it would,
cannot create environment government
The government cannot create wealth, but it can create the environment ... for prosperity,
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This wasn't an act of God. It was an act of man,
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What happened today was the act of cowards. Often people who do these things scurry back into the gutters they came from. I can say with confidence that we will spare no effort to track down and punish those responsible. It's important for the world to know that our nation will not bow to terrorists and faceless acts of cowardice.