Jack Kingston: “I just want to say, when the Republicans took over the Congress in 1995 and became the majority party, they started…”

“I just want to say, when the Republicans took over the Congress in 1995 and became the majority party, they started working on our budgets. Probably since then almost every single Democrat has voted against every single budget, it is fair to say. It is always because of the seniors, it is because of veterans, it is because of the children, it is because of the teachers, because of education, because save the whales, killing baby seals. It does not matter. If they want to vote no, they find good reasons to vote no. The reality is that despite all the gloom and doom, here is the Medicaid budget under the Republican majority. It has grown by 76 percent. Here is the transportation budget. Under Republican control, it has grown by 76 percent. Here is the veterans benefits. Under Republican control, it has grown by 51 percent. Why is that important, Mr. Chairman? Because not one Democrat voted for it. Here they are coming down to the floor saying, we are the champions of this, we are the champions of that, yet they have voted against all the budgets that increase the spending. Here is Medicare. There is a 56 percent under Republican control, an increase. Where are the Democrat votes? They are voting no on every single budget ever since our majority has taken over.”