Baron Hill: Congress Needs to Work More, Which Is Why I Voted to Take a Five-Week Vacation in August

From the Madison Courier:

A woman in the audience said she is a student, has two children, cannot find a job, is on welfare and is moving into government-subsidized housing. “Am I going to have to quit school?” she asked Hill. “What should I do?”

Hill told her, “Take it one day at a time. You’re doing the right thing by continuing your education.”

John Collins, a faculty member at Hanover, told Hill the bill Congress passed “did nothing to actually reform,” and it didn’t tackle reforming credit practices such as require a certain percentage of down payment on a house or overhaul the credit card industry.

“Those things have to happen,” Hill said. “Congress is not supposed to meet until January, but I, quite frankly, think we can’t wait that long. After the election I think we need to go back in November and work on this.”

Yessir. That’s Baron Hill’s advice to Hoosiers, “Take it one day at a time.”

And Congress should work more, he says. The problems facing our nation can’t wait.

That’s why, in July, Baron Hill voted for Congress to take a five-week vacation for the month of August.

The resolution providing for the adjournment of the House passed by the margin of Baron Hill’s vote.

We do face great problems, and action is needed. Action was needed back then, just like now, and Baron voted to take a break.

Now he says that he wants to get to work?

Yeah right.