Baron's message is simple, he will bring:

• Strong Hoosier Family values to Washington

  A family man with deep religious convictions. Baron brings to Congress the values our government really needs these days: Honesty, Responsibility, and Faith. The youngest of eight children, Baron comes from a hard working Hoosier family like the many he represents in Congress.

• Fiscal Discipline and Tax Fairness

  Under the previous leadership, our budget deficit has ballooned and tax breaks have gone to the wealthiest portions of the population. Baron Hill has always supported fiscal conservancy, and has consistently been careful with your tax dollars and supported tax cuts to give more money back to middle class Indiana Families.

• A Strong and Smart War on Terrorism

  Our current leaders in Washington seem to have no plan to win the war and no plan to strengthen security here at home. The American people want a change in direction, while the current White House refuses to listen. Baron Hill supports implementing the recommendations made by the 9-11 Commission, and is working to strengthen our borders and secure our ports with American companies and workers while acknowledging the needs of our troops and veterans.

• Education

  Education is one of Baron’s highest priorities in Congress. While the current system under No Child Left Behind has noble goals, it is also seriously flawed. Alongside our new Congress, Baron is working to ensure that the needs of students and teachers in Southern Indiana and across the country are addressed in the Act’s reauthorization this year.

• Supporting Hoosier Farmers

  Baron will seek to maintain programs that have traditionally been helpful to Hoosier farmers such as income support and disaster relief, while also seeking to promote programs that offer new potential for promoting better environmental practices such as biofuel research and development and conservation programs. In addition, Baron also wants to ensure that American Agricultural Policy is beneficial not only to Hoosier farmers, but also to the less fortunate among us. There are many provisions in the Farm Bill that allow us to offer support to those in need such as the food stamp program, rural development, and disaster relief.

• Retirement Security and Lower Prescription Drug Costs

  Privatizing Social Security, confusing prescription drug laws, disappearing pensions - that's what our previous Congress gave senior citizens. Baron Hill has always worked to strengthen Social Security, worked for a real prescription drug benefit and worked to protect pensions. This year, Baron supported legislation that lowers prescription drug prices without government imposed controls. Baron has also voted against the 2008 federal budget proposal because it relied on the Social Security Trust Fund to balance the budget in 2012. Our senior citizens deserve better, and Baron is working hard to get them benefits they’ve earned.

• Health Care

  Baron Hill wants to ensure that health care is accessible to all Americans. In Congress, he is working to create the Commission on Affordable Healthcare to investigate means to lower the cost of health care in America. He supports legislation to lower prescription drug costs, and is working to ensure that the House responsibly funds health programs.

• Good Jobs

  As our congressman, Baron Hill always worked hard to help attract new jobs to Southern Indiana and make sure that they stayed. With Baron Hill back in Congress, Hoosiers know that they have a tireless advocate for attracting new industry to Indiana. This will help existing small businesses grow and expand.

• Energy Independence

  For all their talk, the old crowd in Washington has not brought energy independence to America. In the last election, Baron Hill campaigned to cut high gasoline and home heating fuel prices that are hurting Indiana families. Baron also campaigned to lessen our dependence on foreign oil by promoting ethanol - gasoline made from Indiana crops - and fought for incentives for bio-diesel fuel, wind energy, and increased tax credits for hybrid vehicles. Baron is now making good on his campaign promises. Within the first 100 hours of the new Congress, Baron and his colleagues passed legislation to end tax breaks for big oil and created a fund for research into renewable energy and alternative fuels. As a short-term solution to America’s gas problems, Baron introduced the Gas Price Relief Act in the spring of 2007. He also proposed the Fuel Efficiency Encouragement Act to ensure tax credits for hybrid vehicles, and cosponsored the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act.

• Immigration

  Baron understands that our country was built by hardworking people from around the world and believes that our immigration policy should reflect our respect for the law. He realizes that the current immigration system is in need of reform and does not believe in rewarding individuals who broke the law when entering our country. Instead, Baron supports the right to citizenship for immigrants who enter the country legally. He also supports immigration reform that would penalize employers of illegal immigrants and voted for the Safe American Roads Act of 2007, which would force Mexican based trucking companies to adhere to strict safety regulations in order to operate in the U.S.