Jack Kingston: “I am really disturbed about these Democrats. Apparently they are taking their paychecks and they are not working. What…”

“I am really disturbed about these Democrats. Apparently they are taking their paychecks and they are not working. What is it with my colleagues? My friends on the other side of the aisle all should be out having town meetings, visiting with constituents, visiting plants, talking to people, doing casework. If my colleagues are ashamed of the fact that they are not working, do not blame it on Newt Gingrich, go home and resign. There is lots to be done. I realize that there is frustration that we are not up here passing more laws, more power, more for bureaucracy, more control over small businesses. I know what it is my colleagues on the other side of the aisle consider great fun, and that is growing the size of government. Mr. Speaker, the folks back home think it is a good day's work when government does not get bigger and bigger every single day, every single year. Mr. Speaker, the IRS, just take them alone. The IRS right now is up to 111,000 employees. Americans spend over $1.8 billion man-hours a year just filling out their IRS income tax forms. Businesses spend $3.6 billion complying with their paperwork. That is too much government, too much bureaucracy. Mr. Speaker, passing more laws and increasing the size of government is not the key to utopia, much to the disappointment of some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle.”