Jack Kingston

today we have before us the defense reauthorization bill, and it is a very important bill in that it reverses the trend of massive defense cuts. Now it is interesting, as we go into the debate, actually on the eve of the debate, we have…

Just 2 years ago, Mr. Speaker, we all popped the champagne corks and celebrated the passage of a bipartisan budget agreement signed by the President of the United States, the Democrats and the Republicans in the Congress, and now it is…

It is with great enthusiasm and pride that I join you in dedicating this new city hall and declaring 'Open House' to all.

15 years ago a childhood friend of mine from Athens, Georgia, Ross Fox, moved out to Denver to start his career and raise his family. Yesterday, as I heard, as did millions of other Americans, about the tragedy that went on in Littleton, I…

obviously, my friend from the other side of the aisle has confused St. Patrick's Day with April fools when he talks about the Republican budget. Let me talk to my colleagues. There is philosophical and mathematical differences between the…

Mr. Chairman, we have had a good debate. There has been honest disagreement. There has been a high degree of sincerity and integrity in the debate, but I rise in strong support of the Fowler-Danner bipartisan substitute amendment. I think…

Republicans continue to work on what we call the BEST agenda: B for balancing the budget and paying down the debt, E for excellence in education, S for saving social security and Medicare, and T for lowering taxes on the middle class…

as my colleagues know, yesterday the Democrats had a little love fest over in the Rotunda to talk about their agenda, and I was interested in this. I like to watch Democrats. After all, they are very interesting people when we really study…

the Republican Party is working very diligently and very intensely with the Senate to try to protect social security. We have a lot of concerns about the President's proposal, which only protects or earmarks 62 percent of the social…

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…

Following up on the comments of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan), it is amazing that the President would say that the hard-working people who earn the money cannot spend it as well as some of the people here in Washington, maybe…

I have a letter from a woman in Savannah, Georgia. "Dear Mr. Kingston, I recently heard you say how much taxes have increased since the 1950s. Can you give me those statistics again? I am a homemaker in Savannah, Georgia, with four…

What is it that the President wants to do with 38 percent of the Social Security funds? There is a surplus in Social Security. The President is supporting taking 38 percent of that money and spending it on non-Social Security programs. One…

by Washington definition, we have a budget surplus, only by Washington definition. Because what we have done is mix Social Security, our retirement, in with operating expenses. No business in America could do that. The President, instead…

so often we hear about tax cuts for the rich, and here is an example of one of the taxes that the opponents said was for the rich, and this is a $400 this year, $500 next year per child tax credit for families that make under $110,000 a…

I just want to say, what we are trying to do is find the balance to protect and preserve Medicare, not for the next election, but on a bipartisan basis for the next generation.

the Republican Party has a very good agenda, it is called BEST Schools and Military: B for balancing the budget, paying down the debt; E for excellence in education; S for saving Social Security; and T for lowering taxes, with the…

this Republican Congress that has been so maligned by partisan Democrats has been the first Congress since 1969 to balance the budget. It has been the first Congress to have tax cuts in 16 years. It has been the first Congress to reform…

I am often amused when I hear Democrats say this is a do-nothing Congress. What they mean is we have done nothing towards increasing the taxes, we have done nothing towards increasing the size of government, and then nothing to further…

Relief for farmers now in the Southeast and the Midwest particularly. We have had a tremendous farm disaster. I represent Georgia, and I represent coastal and agrarian Georgia, and one of the things that is easy after a hurricane, to get…

The third party of our military strategy, along with quality of life and readiness, is modernization, keeping up with the technology. If we just look at our own stereo systems and automobiles, we can see the technology changing…

Outside of my district but in the district of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), there is a little town called Gray, Georgia. Gray, incidentally is the home of Otis Redding. There was a teacher there who was one of these classic…

This Congress has brought us the balanced budget, that has cut taxes for the first time in 16 years, that has on a bipartisan basis reformed Medicare, and on a bipartisan basis reformed welfare, with 40 percent of the people who were on it…

I want to say this, I knew Frank Riggs as a candidate in 1992. I was given a poster of the gang of 7. The gang of 7 was everybody's hero model. The gang of 7 consisted of Mr. Doolittle, among others, and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr…

I want to mention, the gentleman talked about the amount of national debt. The debt service is actually about $2,000 per family. We pay I think it is the second largest expenditure in the budget is interest on the national debt, which runs…