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  • Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston Announce $3 Million for Brunswick Harbor Deepening Project
    Dec 19, 2008  - U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and U.S. Congressman Jack Kingston, R-01, today announced the Army Corps of Engineers will apply $3 million to dredge the entrance of the Brunswick Harbor.  These funds will allow a dredging of the full extent of the entrance channel to 40... More
  • CONGRESSMAN KINGSTON ANNOUNCES DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FIRST DISTRICT COUNTIES
    Dec 12, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R/GA-1) today announced that farmers affected by this year’s drought may now be eligible for assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “This drought has hit hard and now farmers are eligible for much needed assistance,” said Congressman Kingston.... More
  • CONGRESSMAN KINGSTON SECURES FUNDING FOR SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
    Dec 12, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R/GA-1) today announced that Second Harvest Food Bank will receive $220,500 in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The funding, which Congressman Kingston secured in the appropriations process, will go toward the expansion of Second Harvest’... More
  • KINGSTON VOTES AGAINST AUTO BAILOUT
    Dec 11, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R/GA-1) today voted against a $14 billion loan program created to bailout the “Big Three” automakers.  While he noted significant progress from the original $34 billion proposal, Congressman Kingston expressed concerns with the potential to nationalize an industry, failure... More
  • CONGRESSMAN KINGSTON ANNOUNCES NOMINEES TO UNITED STATES SERVICE ACADEMIES
    Dec 5, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA/01) announces that 16 students in the First Congressional District of Georgia have received nominations to United States service academies.  The students were interviewed for consideration into the Class of 2013 by Congressman Kingston’s Military Academy Board.   Inte... More
  • KINGSTON ON INAUGURATION: DON’T HOLD OUT FOR TICKETS
    Dec 1, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R/GA-1) today urged First District residents not to wait on tickets from his office to make plans to attend President-Elect Barrack Obama’s inauguration.  The Congressman’s office has received more than 2,000 requests for tickets for an allotment of less than 200 with more... More
  • KINGSTON PRAISES PASSAGE OF STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR IRAQ
    Nov 28, 2008  - After Iraq’s parliament approved a measure that would provide for a structured withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by 2011, Congressman Jack Kingston (R/GA-1) praised the action as a landmark step towards bringing troops home safely. “Two years ago, this wouldn’t have been possible,” Congressman Ki... More
  • CONGRESSMAN KINGSTON ANNOUNCES MEDICARE PART D TRAINING & OPEN ENROLLMENT WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
    Nov 26, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA/01) announced today that he will sponsor a series of workshops during the open enrollment season for the Medicare Part D prescription drug program.  Those who are enrolled or wish to enroll in the program must sign up or make changes during the open enrollment perio... More
  • KINGSTON NAMED “GUARDIAN OF WORKER FREEDOM”
    Nov 26, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R/GA-1) today was honored by the Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) in being named a “Guardian of Worker Freedom.”  The free-market, worker-rights presented the award for Congressman Kingston’s work in favor of worker’s rights and free and open labor markets. “By voting in... More
  • CONGRESSMAN KINGSTON ANNOUNCES COASTAL GEORGIA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER THE RECIPIENT OF $159,000 GRANT
    Nov 21, 2008  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) announced today that the Coastal Georgia Regional Development Center (CGRDC) has been named the recipient of an economic development district planning grant from US Department of Commerce (DOC).  The DOC’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will disburse the f... More