Jack Kingston: “I think if there is one thing we all agree on right now is we need our students to be as competitive as possible, but we…”

“I think if there is one thing we all agree on right now is we need our students to be as competitive as possible, but we are cutting academic competitiveness $36 million. But we are increasing Congress's budget. House of Representatives, $2 million increase; Capitol Police, $8.8 million; the Congressional Budget Office, $1.7 million; the GAO, $1.5 million. So Congress is getting an increase while we are cutting academics. And then on another page, a whole myriad of things we are cutting out of the military that runs into the millions of dollars. And I noticed here in a very small account that we are actually cutting OPIC, which is the overseas insurance account that underwrites loans for emerging markets. And it's one of the few Federal agencies that actually makes money. Now, maybe that's why we are cutting them. It would appear to me that that kind of behavior should be well rewarded, but under the CR, they are going to be getting a cut. I respectfully think that we should put this thing back 2 or 3 months and have regular order.”