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  • KINGSTON RESPONDS TO FALSE ATTACKS ON CFTC FUNDING
    Jun 8, 2012  - Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, issued the following statement in response to false attacks on funding levels for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: “Some ... More
  • 10 Actions Congress Can Take Towards Lowering Gas Prices
    Jun 6, 2012  - While gas prices are down slightly, we shouldn’t let this brief respite distract us from the need for a long-term energy policy that focuses on harnessing America's energy resources. Increasing domestic energy production will help create jobs, revive our stumbling economy, raise government revenue, ... More
  • ICYMI: Jack urges bipartisan effort for economic growth and job creation
    Apr 18, 2012  - In case you missed it, Jack spoke on the House floor this morning about bipartisan ways to encourage economic growth and put more Americans back to work. click here to watch the video on YouTube Jack's four point plan to encourage economic growth: Enact a Federal budget that provides certainty and s... More
  • KINGSTON: WE DON’T NEED SCAPEGOATS, WE NEED AN ENERGY POLICY
    Apr 17, 2012  - An announcement by President Obama that he intends to ‘crack down’ on energy price manipulation amounts to little more than smoke and mirrors according to Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA). Instead of harnessing America’s energy potential to create jobs and bring down prices, Kingston says the move i... More
  • ObamaGap: The Gap Between the President’s Words & Actions on Energy
    Mar 22, 2012  - While the president is in Cushing, OK for Day Two of his energy “tour de farce,” the energy we need is stuck up in Canada and the upper Midwest. By blocking the Keystone XL pipeline that connects the two – even as he preaches “all of the above” – President Obama is leaving families and small busines... More
  • President's public support for ‘all of the above’ energy policy belies his behind the scenes lobbying efforts against it
    Mar 8, 2012  - While the President publicly supports an ‘all of the above’ energy policy, he’s been personally lobbying against it with Senate Democrats. As POLITICO reports: President Barack Obama is intervening in a Senate fight over the Keystone XL oil pipeline and personally lobbying Democrats to reject an ame... More
  • KINGSTON HAILS APPROVAL OF PLANT VOGTLE EXPANSION
    Feb 9, 2012  - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has voted to approve the expansion of Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia. The decision clears the way for the nation’s first two nuclear reactors in more than 30 years to be constructed in the Peach State. Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA), an ardent supporter of ... More
  • IGNORING HIS OWN ADVISORS, PRESIDENT BLOCKS JOB-CREATING ENERGY PIPELINE
    Jan 18, 2012  - Just days after President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness called for an “all-in approach” to the nation’s energy policy, including expanded production and pipelines, the Obama Administration announced that it would block the long-anticipated Keystone XL pipeline. The 1,700 mile pipeline would ... More
  • Keystone Clock is Ticking As POTUS Delays Action on Job-Creating Energy Pipeline
    Jan 4, 2012  - The House Energy & Commerce Committee has released a new online clock to draw attention to President Obama’s ongoing delay of the bipartisan Keystone XL energy pipeline. It’s been 12 days since the president signed legislation requiring within 60 days a decision on the pipeline, which would help cre... More
  • CONGRESSMEN ANNOUNCE FUNDING FOR SAVANNAH HARBOR DEEPENING
    Dec 22, 2011  - The House of Representatives passed the final appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2012. In conjunction with the vote, Rep. Jack Kingston (GA-01) and Rep. John Barrow (GA-12) announced that the legislation includes $588,000 in construction funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to advance the... More