Jack Kingston

Tune in tonight to hear Jack on the Alan Colmes Radio Show at 10:15 p.m. discussing the auto bailout.

Washington, Dec 11 -

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 to address the out of sync wages of autoworkers and Washington’s bailout spending spree.

“While American families are tightening their belts, Washington’s running to the printing press and borrowing from China,” Congressman Kingston said.  “So far this year, Washington’s poured more than $3.2 trillion into bailing out the economy, the national debt has risen to $11.3 trillion and all we’ve got to show for it are spotty results.  This is all deficit spending and it’s got to stop.”

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The text of the auto bailout legislation is available here.

The House Rules Committee has announced that it intends to meet at 12:45 today to create the rule under which the auto bailout bill will be considered on the House floor.

This is usually the first time a bill like this becomes available.  When the full text is made available, we’ll share it with you.

Roll Call reports:

The Senate will not vote Wednesday on an automaker bailout bill as Democrats had hoped, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on the floor.

Reid acknowledged that Senate Republicans, whose support has been soft to nonexistent for an auto package, need time to review the measure after legislative language has been finalized. He said he hoped he would be able to give his GOP colleagues a copy of the measure within the hour.

To read the full article, click here.

Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Jerry Lewis has called on Chairman David Obey to hold hearings on the remaining appropriations bills rather than allow unelected staff to roll all of them into a single omnibus.  To read the letter, click below:

Jack’s Bailout Page has been updated with a summary of the Auto Bailout deal reached between Congressional Democrats and the White House as well as the Republican Alternative offered by Leader Boehner, Whip Cantor, and Conference Chairman Pence.

To visit the page, click here.

(Hunter McRae/Savannah Morning News) 

At an event on River Street in Downtown Savannah yesterday, the city unveiled the nation’s first bio-diesel street car and several other new bio fuels own by the city.

The vehicles are fueled by bio-diesel created by a local company which collects used vegetable oil from restaurants on River Street and around Savannah.

To read the article, click here.  To learn more about Refuel Savannah, the company which processes the bio-diesel, click here.

This weekend, Jack participated in the groundbreaking for a Veterans Memorial on Tybee Island and WTOC was there to cover it.  Click here to see the video.

This morning’s Brunswick News reports that Brunswick-based MAP International once again made Forbes‘ list of the most  efficient charities.

To learn more about MAP (Medical Access Project) International and its work to, “works to promote the total health of people living in the world’s poorest nations by providing medicines and community health development, as well as striving to prevent diseases and disasters,” click here.

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.   Interviews were conducted at the Inn at Blueberry Plantation in Alma on November 24, 2008.

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Congratulations to the Valdosta-Lowndes Industrial Authority, Douglas-Coffee County Industrial Authority, and the cities of Glenwood and Folkston who were announced as OneGeorgia grant recipients by Governor Sonny Perdue today.  From the governor’s announcement:

Governor Announces over $13.4 million in OneGeorgia Awards

Governor Sonny Perdue and members of the OneGeorgia Authority Board today visited North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega and approved grants and loans from the OneGeorgia Authority’s portfolio of financing programs including EDGE, SILF, Equity, AIRGeorgia, BRIDGE and ESB.

These awards will assist with a variety of economic development projects in rural Georgia aimed at creating jobs, stimulating new private investment, supporting the retention of existing jobs and enhancing regional competitiveness through capacity-building projects. These projects, along with their respective local leadership representatives, were recognized at the OneGeorgia board meeting.

First District recipients include:

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The Savannah Morning News reports today that right wales have been spotted near Georgia.  From the article:

A survey team from the Wildlife Trust spotted a pair of adult females traveling south about seven miles off Charleston harbor on Nov. 23.

The next day they saw another adult female about six miles off the Savannah River. They also spotted the first mother/calf pair of the season, about seven miles off Hilton Head Island, said Dianna Schulte, who leads the South Carolina survey team for the Wildlife Trust.

With fewer than 400 believed to be living in the wild, we must do what we can to balance the need for human safety while protecting this endangered species.

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Congressman’s office cannot accommodate all requests

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 requests coming in daily.

“If I could accommodate every request, I would,” Congressman Kingston said, “but too much emphasis has been put on these tickets.  The Inaugural ceremonies are free of charge – these tickets get folks just a few feet closer at most.  The Park Service is expecting 1.5 million people and there aren’t even tickets for a quarter of those people.”

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