Jack Kingston
Jack Kingston
John Heddens "Jack" Kingstonwas the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 1st congressional district in Southeast Georgia, serving from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the House leadershipwhen he served as vice-chair of the Republican Conference. In 2014, he ran for the U.S. Senate seat occupied by retiring Senator Saxby Chambliss and advanced beyond the May 20 primary to the July 22 runoff; where he was defeated by David Perdue. He currently works...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 April 1955
CountryUnited States of America
Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy.
Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.
I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems - democracy.
But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
I think Social Security should be bipartisan and it should transcend the next election, and you should get the best ideas of the Democrats and of the Republicans, and move forward with the best.
I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.
In Ethiopia, democracy is in its infancy and it must be nurtured along by its leaders.
Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.
The Children's Health Insurance Program has given Democrats a wide-open door for socialized medicine. The door was left open by Republicans, who were in the majority when we passed the original legislation in 1997.
Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children.
There is a certain element of complementarity between men and women that is biological by nature.