Jack Kingston

Being an expert on defense, one of the things we hear quite often is Americans under U.N. command. Last year, as I recall, we passed a bill that said Americans would not serve under U.N. command or wear U.N. uniforms. Was that vetoed?

Again, I am going to say it again, because this is not from the Republican Study Committee, this is from the Employment Policies institute, which is nonpolitical, nonpartisan, the increase in the minimum wage in California will cost 63,100…

Certainly not. And do you think it is unfair to ask able-bodied welfare recipients to work 20 hours a week?

I thought it was vetoed. So here we have a President who has vetoed Congress, which on a bipartisan basis said no more Americans serving under U.N. command.

In fact, I think the gentleman from California said this will actually help the middle class from having higher taxes. It is kind of like ``Hello, is anybody home in there?'' Because I do not follow that. If I go into a fast-food…

And what Billy Mitchell was trying to accomplish was to show that America was not prepared.

I pointed out to him that Medicare was going from $196 to $304 billion and if he thought that was a cut, that was a reflection of the education system in New Jersey. I have a letter here from a Mr. Ron Jones in New Jersey, and he says he…

Remember the backdrop here. We are a country that is $5 trillion in debt. We are a country that has a welfare program that is totally out of control. We have spent about $4 trillion on it.

let me get back on the balanced budget. There are three reasons we need to keep focus on the balanced budget. No. 1, the Federal Reserve says if you have a balanced budget, interest rates will fall. If they fall as much as 2 percent, it…

Well, the irony is two things, how this can serve, is that when American consumers go into an appliance store, they know how much a dishwasher costs, a new refrigerator, a stereo, an automobile, even a house, and yet if you get a broken…

My mom and dad are on Medicare, and probably your parents are, if you are fortunate enough to still have your parents. The fact is it is a 1964 Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan. I would like my parents to have all the options available in 1996…

It was the team's loss, I am sure. But I know in your situation if you had made pro football, you would have made $200,000 or $300,000 a year. That was a great salary, but you did not get the job. It is just like these students, the $5.15…

Now, if the gentlemen would like to stick with me, I want to switch gears and talk about a few things. First, I do think that it is absolutely appalling that people in St. Mary's, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Brunswick, GA are not protected from…

The legal aid society sued the State of California for not giving illegal aliens a driver's license, even though they were in the country illegally.

What is interesting, Mr. Speaker, is that while the administration was busy not cutting taxes, they had no problem cutting drug awareness money. Last week I had the opportunity to speak at the Harris County DARE graduation, and just some…

the Clinton Democrat budget adds 3,000 more Federal employees to the payroll and adds 14 new bureaucracies and agencies, and you know that is not what the message was. The message from the American people, which was accurately mirrored by…

It is basically a high-deductible plan where any money that you do not spend you can use for long-term health care or you can use for a college education.

Let us talk about this because I think it is very important, as we explore welfare reform for the third time, and hopefully, maybe because it is an election year, the President will vote for it this time, but as we get into the health care…

And he did it at the risk of his own military career. And I think history will show that he had his heart in the right spot. But I find it appalling, as somebody who is on the east coast near a Trident submarine base. The gentleman is…

All one needs to get people to vote is drive down the street and say, hop in my van, let me take you to the polls because you are now registered to vote, because you are on welfare or you have a driver's license or you have other forms of…

When I was earning the minimum wage and my fellow workers were earning the minimum wage, we never, never once thought about writing our Congressman to get a raise. What we thought about doing was working a little bit harder, staying a…

What they want is a Medicaid and Medicare waiver and a welfare waiver is when a State says, ``We want to take the poverty resolution program back in our own hands without having Washington mandate it,'' I want to make sure that people…

And that is what I am hearing from the middle class. They are saying if somebody is desperate, let us help them out. We are Americans. We are compassionate. But if they are just lazy and they are refusing to work, why should I put in my…

today the Democrats say goodbye to 500,000 jobs, according to the Federal Reserve, which is what the impact of increasing the minimum wage will be. That is no problem, though, because most of those folks will get on public benefits, which…

Mr. Speaker, what we are trying to do, what we have been talking about tonight is having a good welfare system, one that helps those who need a helping hand but puts able-bodied recipients to work; a criminal justice system that gets the…