Jack Kingston: “Mr. Speaker, we are here tonight because the other body has not had a good year. It is a fact that the United States…”

“Mr. Speaker, we are here tonight because the other body has not had a good year. It is a fact that the United States Senate did not pass a budget. It is a fact that the United States Senate has not passed the faith-based initiative. It is a fact that the United States Senate has not passed welfare reform. The Senate has not passed pension reform. They have not passed the energy package. And during a time of war when an unprecedented attack on America has taken place, they have not even been able to pass homeland security. In fact, it appears to me that the only thing the other body has had time to do is kill presidential appointments and judicial nominees, something they are very proud of. Yet we in the House, we are ready with our appropriation bills. We are ready with our appropriation process. As my colleagues know, Mr. Speaker, we cannot sit down with another body when they do not have a budget, when there is no top end to it.”