Jack Kingston: “The distinguished Speaker pro tempore from Maryland sitting there might not like it, but I think it is important for my…”

“The distinguished Speaker pro tempore from Maryland sitting there might not like it, but I think it is important for my colleagues to realize how far back in time we are talking about. I will give you an example. My dad was a tight-fisted college professor and, raising 4 kids, did not want to spend a lot of money on a car for the teenagers. He bought a 1971 Ford Maverick in 1971. The sticker price on that car, as my colleagues may remember, was $1,995. That is what you could get a Ford Maverick for in 1971. That was a long, long time ago. Driving that Maverick down the road, you could fill up the tank at 25 to 28 cents a gallon. I think it is important for everyone to realize how far back in time we are going since the budget was balanced. Neal Armstrong was walking on the Moon that year. But let me ask this, let us move ahead. We have had budget deals. We had lots of them during the Reagan administration. We had the Bush administration's budget deal. We had one with Clinton. This one is different in that it has so much of the savings and tax cuts now. The benefits are now.”