Political Quotes

Jack Kingston: I know that the gentleman's time is about to expire, so I will just close with this, that, again, under the leadership…

On the recordJune 30, 1999
I know that the gentleman's time is about to expire, so I will just close with this, that, again, under the leadership of Speaker Hastert, we are working on what we call the Best agenda. Again, the B is for the best, strongest military. E is for excellence in education. S is for saving Social Security. And T is for reducing taxes. We are making a lot of progress. This year, for the first year in many years, the appropriations bills will be passed out of the House ahead of the cycle, ahead of the calendar, and we are making a lot of progress. I appreciate the gentleman from Colorado allowing me to share some of his time tonight, and I look forward to working with him in the balance of the year.
Said by
Jack Kingston
Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing legislative progress and the 'Best agenda' during a House floor speech.

Share

More from Jack Kingston

Apr 30, 2017

Every Republican, whether he ran for a dog catcher or school board or president -- they all ran on repeal and replace. So they have to do something.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jan 4, 2017

Trust but verify, in this case verify absolutely everything going forward.

transcripts.cnn.com
Apr 30, 2017

I think there should be a lot of concern, Democrat and Republican, on surveillance of American people, during the metadata debate.

transcripts.cnn.com
Apr 24, 2017

I think it's crucial that he absolutely has to fight for it. But I think the American electorate understands that he is fighting Chuck Schumer, a man who voted for the wall in 2006, along with his Senate colleague Barack Obama.

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation