James Hill: “I support providing whatever funds the President needs to fight the war on terrorism. I do not think there is a…”

“I support providing whatever funds the President needs to fight the war on terrorism. I do not think there is a Republican or a Democrat in this body that does not support the President in fighting this war on terrorism; all the more reason Congress should not be playing politics with this bill, a bill that supplies important funds for our fighting men and our fighting women. Hiding a huge increase in the national debt limit and an assortment of other budget gimmicks to this bill under the cover of darkness, literally in this case, is a political game. A $750 billion increase in the national debt requires, for heaven's sake, an open and thoughtful debate. A $750 billion increase in the national debt requires, surely, an up-or-down vote, not in secret. But we are not going to get either one of those offers this evening. And to this I say shame on the majority. I know all of my constituents expect certain things, regardless of their party affiliation: Straight answers and a willingness to be held accountable for our actions. They know if they charged their credit cards to the limit, they have to pay down their balance or work out an arrangement with the credit card companies to get an increase in their credit limits. They most certainly cannot write a small note on the memo line of their checks to the credit card companies asking those same companies to 'please raise our credit limits' and expect it to happen.”