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  • House panel proposes cuts for USDA spending
    May 23, 2011  - By Bill Tomson MarketWatch The House Appropriations Committee unveiled a proposal Monday to slash federal funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in fiscal year 2012 with cuts in spending for agriculture research, conservation programs, food safety and other areas. The spending proposa... More
  • Crop Insurance, International Food Aid, FDA Would Take Hits Under GOP Bill
    May 23, 2011  - By Ellyn Ferguson, CQ Staff CQHouse Republican appropriators will mark up a fiscal 2012 spending bill Tuesday that would make deep cuts in mandatory spending for a federal crop insurance program designed to help farmers cope with financial losses from bad weather. ... More
  • Rep. Kingston: Obama Hypocritical on Energy Policies
    May 19, 2011  - by Henry J. Reske and Ashley Martella NewsMax President Barack Obama’s energy policies of encouraging other countries to drill while holding back the United States are an absurd sign of unmitigated  hypocrisy, Rep. Jack Kingston tells Newsmax.TV. The Georgia Republican was commenting on Ob... More
  • Conservatives' bill aims for strict spending limit of 18 percent of GDP
    May 15, 2011  - By Molly K. Hooper The Hill   Key members of the conservative Republican Study Committee introduced a bill to make good on their pledge to “cut, cap and balance” federal spending. RSC Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) endorsed the bill submitted Friday by top-ranking GOP appropriator Rep. ... More
  • House Conservatives Introduce Spending-Cap Bill
    May 13, 2011  - By Humberto Sanchez National Journal A group of four House Republicans, including Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Jack Kingston, R-Ga., introduced legislation on Friday that would cap government spending at 18 percent of gross domestic product over five years, down from current ... More
  • House Conservatives Want Deficit Cut in Half, Spending Caps to Match
    May 13, 2011  - By Alan K. Ota, CQ Staff Congressional Quarterly Conservative House Republicans are calling on Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio to cut fiscal 2012 spending deeply enough to halve the projected $1.6 trillion deficit. The Republican Study Committee, a powerful group of House conservatives, has lai... More
  • Kingston gets local for cities week
    Apr 21, 2011  -  by Katie McGurl The Bryan County News   Congressman Jack Kingston, R-Ga., a... More
  • Kingston talks budgets and banks
    Apr 19, 2011  - By Jamie Parker  Bryan County Now   ... More
  • Kingston looking for more missions
    Apr 18, 2011  - U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-1, told the House Armed Services Thursday that Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is available for additional assignments or missions. "A fast attack squadron, with which the SSBNs must coordinate in day-to-day operations, would complement our existing submarine forces," Kin... More
  • Congressman Kingston Tours Rebuilt Imperial Sugar Refinery
    Apr 18, 2011  - by JoAnn Merrigan WSAV  It's been more than three years since Congressman Jack Kingston looked around the plant at Imperial Sugar in Port Wentworth. The last time he saw the site, it was in shambles following a catastrophic explosion and fire that ultimately killed 14 employees and injured ... More