Jack Kingston: “One of the things that is dear to the heart of every American citizen, Mr. Speaker, and particularly Virginia…”

“One of the things that is dear to the heart of every American citizen, Mr. Speaker, and particularly Virginia legislators, because it has the first House of Burgesses, which was the first legislative body in America, Jamestown, as the gentleman recalls from our history, the Jamestown Colony, many of the people who came over had their job classification as gentlemen. They thought they were coming to America, to the streets of gold, and so forth, the land of opportunity. They did not realize it had a work requirement to it. As a result, I think half of the crew perished that first and very harsh winter. Then Captain John Smith said, all right, there is going to be a new game. Everybody is going to work. When they did, the colony survived. What we are saying is that if you are able to work, you are going to be required to work, and you are going to be better for it because you can join the socioeconomic mainstream.”