Jack Kingston: “I can say very easily what my agenda is, and I regret that I have not been here the whole time, so my colleagues may…”

“I can say very easily what my agenda is, and I regret that I have not been here the whole time, so my colleagues may have discussed it, but I call it the BEST military, health care and agriculture: ``B'' for balancing the budget and paying down the debt; ``E'' for excellence in education; ``S'' for saving Social Security; ``T'' for lowering taxes. A strong military, a health care system that is affordable and accessible and a safe and abundant food supply. Now, in that context, the gentleman mentioned stimulating the economy. One of the great ways to do that, of course, is to pay down the debt. We pay down the debt and then the big bear, the big monster in the interest market, in the borrowing market, the Federal Government, takes a smaller percentage of the interest out there. And that is a great way to stimulate the economy. And if we do have a strong economy, revenues to the Federal Government go up and we will have a lot of money for expanding and strengthening our military, to increase the pay for our hard working soldiers, and, of course, to give the teachers in the classroom the educational funds that they need, and to shore up Social Security and Medicare.”