Jack Kingston: “last year when the House proposed to Federal agencies that they cut out 1 cent of every dollar they spend, the Clinton…”

“last year when the House proposed to Federal agencies that they cut out 1 cent of every dollar they spend, the Clinton administration screamed bloody murder. Cut out 1 cent from the Federal Government for every dollar we spend? There is no way. We are too efficient, too effective. The Secretary of Interior said there is absolutely no waste in my department and yet went on to waste money after money. Let me give my colleagues an example. The Social Security Administration sent out $3.3 billion in checks to people who were ineligible for it. Well, they might look there. How about the rocket launchers? Al Gore is a big gun control advocate, but when one of the $1 million rocket launcher disappeared, there was no word from the administration. Now, that is scary enough, but then another one disappeared. Think about that. There are two rocket launchers at large somewhere in our society. Yet, the folks in the Gore-Clinton administration are telling us there is no waste in government. Mr. Speaker, we have got to do a better job. We are not spending our money. Contrary to the government dogma that it is government money, it is not. It is taxpayer money. It is what people back home work real hard to send to us. We need to be fiduciaries of it. We need to spend it carefully.”