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
I was concerned that the ship of conservative governance was veering off course into the dangerous uncharted waters of big government Republicanism.
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.
We have no higher stewardship, no higher calling than to come onto this floor and into this chamber and make the tough decisions.
It is a tragedy indeed that new generations, taking office, attribute failures in governance to insufficient power, and seek more of it.
I said after 2006 that Republicans didn't just lose our majority, we lost our way. I mean, our party walked away from the principles that men in our national governing majority first in 1980 and again in 1994, and the American people walked away from us.
While 16 provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire at the end of this year, the threat of terrorism to our families and our cities will not.
Several millennia ago, the words were written that a man should leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. It was not our idea; it was God's idea.
I strongly oppose the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. We must stand for the right of every American to practice their faith according to the dictates of their conscience, whether it be in the public square or in the workplace.
No one should be harassed or mistreated because of who they are, who they love, or what they believe.
Uh, do I believe in evolution? I embrace the view that God created the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that's in them. The means that he used to do that, I can't say, but I do believe in that fundamental truth.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana does not give anyone the right to deny services to anyone in this state. It is simply a balancing test used by our federal courts and jurisdictions across the country for more than two decades.
Years ago on my radio show, I used to say, 'I'm a conservative, but I'm not in a bad mood about it.' I've always believed that civility in heavy doses is essential in self-government.
The American economy has been built and sustained by risk-taking entrepreneurs whose pioneering ideas and hard work gave birth to flourishing businesses.
There was an element of the last straw in this,