James Hill: “I have also come to respect his honesty and integrity. When the gentleman says something, you can put it in the bank…”

“I have also come to respect his honesty and integrity. When the gentleman says something, you can put it in the bank that the facts have not been massaged and it is the truth. What the gentleman said a few minutes ago is right on the mark and I applaud the gentleman and what he does for his constituents back home in Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I had an opportunity and challenge to get elected to the Indiana legislature back in 1982, and during that time I will never forget it, we went into a special session right away. In that special session the legislature raised taxes to overcome budget deficits that they were having in the State of Indiana. Here in Washington during that time there was a new President who was advocating tax cuts and increased military spending. In the process of doing that, huge budget deficits occurred. It seems to me that we are in that same situation now because if we look around the Nation, all over America, State governments are increasing their taxes while Congress is cutting Federal taxes, increasing the military spending dramatically, and in many ways justified because of the war on terrorism, and we are starting to run up huge deficits all over again.”