[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 23 (Thursday, March 3, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      REPUBLICANS SEEKING BIPARTISANSHIP IN FIXING SOCIAL SECURITY

  (Mr. COLE of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. COLE of Oklahoma. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and 
want to say to my good friend from Florida that I have always enjoyed 
working with my distinguished colleague from the south tip of the 
peninsula of Florida, the great State. But I want to say, even though 
we are the majority, we still want your ideas. We want the Democrat 
party to put a plan on the table.
  On the subject of town meetings, I personally held nine town 
meetings. There is a lot of division out there as to what we should do, 
and that is why it should be done in a bipartisan way, and that is why 
I think everybody needs to come together.
  And Mr. Speaker, I want to say this: I have not introduced the plan. 
If the gentleman would like to work with me on a plan, I would love to 
have the Hastings-Kingston bill, or the Kingston-Hastings bill, if we 
could do that, because I think it is important.
  I know the gentleman's fondness for seniors. I have heard the 
gentleman speak fondly about his mom, and he has heard me speak fondly 
about my mom, and we owe it to both of them, and that is what we should 
be doing.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, 
let us do it.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield further, I am 
ready to work with the gentleman.

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