Mike Pence
Mike Pence
Michael Richard "Mike" Penceis an American politician and attorney, the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, in the 2016 election. He has been serving since 2013 as the 50th governor of Indiana. Pence previously represented Indiana's 2nd congressional district and Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 and served as chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011. Pence is a conservative and a supporter of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 June 1959
CityColumbus, IN
CountryUnited States of America
makes a powerful case that Congress should reconsider before we create this massive new government entitlement.
As a conservative, I believe the only real check on government is a free press, ... And as someone who believes in limited government, I believe nothing is more conservative than promoting and protecting the principle of a free press.
I was concerned that the ship of conservative governance was veering off course into the dangerous uncharted waters of big government Republicanism.
You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at here amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of our health care economy, paid for with nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes on individuals and small businesses. And it must be opposed.
The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.
For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending.
Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.
And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.
The government competes in the private sector the way an alligator competes with a duck.
The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.
Conservative Republicans are back. We're in the fight for fiscal discipline and limited government, and we are on the side of the American people.
We simply cannot break the bank of the federal budget,
The so-called 'Employee Free Choice Act' envisions a world where workers would be denied privacy and forced to vote in an atmosphere of intimidation.
There's going to be no compromise on repealing Obamacare lock, stock and barrel.