Jack Kingston: “We disagree with taxes. We understand that. Democrats a lot of time like lots of taxes. They like a punitive tax system.…”

“We disagree with taxes. We understand that. Democrats a lot of time like lots of taxes. They like a punitive tax system. They like a tax system that does not reward incentives and does not help create jobs. This debate today in this legislation is about supplying the troops to continue the war, $15.77 billion. It is about homeland security, securing our airports, securing our ports. Last year in Savannah, Georgia, we had 1 million containers come through the port, and only 1 percent were inspected. This bill allows us to inspect those containers. I want to know that when we get on the airplane that we are secure as possible. This bill allows that to happen. I will say another thing that is in this bill is $1.6 million, which I think the Democrat party would be interested in, that would allow our bicameral, bipartisan intelligence committees to continue to study 9/ 11, what went wrong, what went right, how can we do a better job; some very good stuff in there, reaching out to experts in the intelligence community.”