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29 Jul 2011, 2:59 am
"Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA), Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, defends the cuts, citing America's debt crisis. [read post]
20 May 2011, 2:59 am
Pew, a key backer of the new food safety law, also commissioned polls in the districts of Appropriations chair Hall Rogers (R-KY) and subcommittee on agriculture chair Jack Kingston's (R-GA) and found similar levels of support for greater funding, including support for food industry registration fees. [read post]
24 May 2011, 2:59 am
Subcommittee Chairman Jack Kingston (R-GA), who has recently questioned the push for greater resources at FDA, emphasized the need for significant cuts. [read post]
24 May 2011, 11:10 am by James Hamilton
Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jack Kingston (R-GA) said that the draft legislation takes spending to below pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels while ensuring that the CFTC and other agencies are provided the necessary resources to fulfill their duties. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 2:59 am
Jack Kingston (R-GA), chair of the appropriations subcommittee overseeing FDA and USDA budgets, defended the Republican proposal to cut funding in a tough fiscal environment. [read post]
7 Jan 2012, 10:53 am
Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) introduced a bill to require states to screen unemployment insurance claimants for drugs. [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 12:24 pm by Seth Borden
Jack Kingston (R-GA) asked Chairman Liebman about recent comments by Member Pearce regarding "quick snap" elections. [read post]
7 Feb 2011, 1:59 am
Jack Kingston (R-GA), chair of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, has named FDA as a target for spending cuts, even though the Congressional Budget Office estimates the agency will need approximately $1.4 billion in additional funds over the next five years to implement the sweeping new food safety law. [read post]
17 Jan 2011, 1:59 am
Jack Kingston (R-GA), the new chair of the appropriations subcommittee overseeing FDA's budget, have criticized the new bill for adding regulations and spending at a time when the national debt is growing.Just last week in an interview, Kingston openly questioned whether it was necessary to give FDA additional funding in light of across the board budgetary constraints: "Do you really need to spend almost $1.5 billion, which is a huge increase for a budget of $2.5… [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 2:59 am
Jack Kingston (R-GA), chair of the House appropriations subcommittee overseeing FDA and USDA budgets, defended the Republican proposal to cut funding in the face of staggering debt.Kingston cited the lowered rate of E. coli O157:H7 in the U.S. and said that the food safety rate in the U.S. is about "99.9 percent safe. [read post]
19 Jun 2011, 2:59 am
Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), chairman of the House subcommittee that wrote the agriculture appropriations bill, said the cuts to food safety were justified because the nation's food supply was "99.99 percent safe. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 1:56 pm by Tom Kosakowski
James, Associate Director and Ombudsperson at the University of California, San Diego;Gregory Peoples, Ombudsman at Eastern Michigan University; Jack Rall, Faculty Ombudsman at the Ohio State University; Marsha Wagner, Ombuds Officer at Columbia University; andMary Chavez Rudolph, Ombuds at the University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz.Related posts: The Ombuds Decade in Review; The Ombuds Year in Review: 2010;  The Ombuds Year in Review: 2011 (Part I); The Ombuds Year in… [read post]
11 May 2012, 11:16 am by Ilyse Schuman
Jack Kingston (R-GA): None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final regulations on ‘‘Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other Than Age Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act’’ published by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the Federal Register on March 30, 2012 (77 Fed. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 11:00 pm by Helena Bottemiller
Jack Kingston (R-GA) urged the committee to adopt language asking USDA to move forward on a proposed rule to “modernize poultry inspection. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 9:33 am by Ilyse Schuman
Jack Kingston (R-GA) that would prohibit any funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce the new ADEA rule, which, Kingston claimed, makes it more difficult for employers to defend themselves against age discrimination lawsuits. [read post]