Jack Kingston: “I think that the point is that the declination in the size of the bureaucracy is the will of the American people, and it…”

“I think that the point is that the declination in the size of the bureaucracy is the will of the American people, and it is necessitated by the fact that we have a deficit and a national debt of almost $5 trillion. The deficit on an annual basis we pay nearly $20 billion a month in interest on. It is time to bring this thing under control. What the Mica amendment simply does is say let us take the money out of bureaucracy and put it in the classroom. I have been in one of the title I program classes in my district, and it is a very effective, hands-on program teaching kids how to read, how to improve their education skills, and so, forth. And this is not an education cut. It will help counties where there is over 15 percent of the kids below the poverty level.”