Wilbur Mills — American Politician born on May 24, 1909, died on May 02, 1992

Wilbur Daigh Mills was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 1939 to January 1977, becoming one of the top three longest serving Arkansas officials, and was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in 1972... (wikipedia)

President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear.
We wanted to be certain they didn't have a bigger deficit, and Kennedy agreed with me.
What I wanted to do was see if we couldn't balance the budget.