Mike Pence: “the Bible tells us that the testing of our faith develops perseverance, and perseverance must finish its work that we…”

“the Bible tells us that the testing of our faith develops perseverance, and perseverance must finish its work that we might be mature, complete, not lacking in anything. At this hour, Mr. Speaker, as every day since the emergency adjournment of the Congress on October 17, my Washington staff labors on card tables and folding chairs in the relative obscurity of a Rayburn office building banquet hall. These dedicated young people have been exiled from our Washington office ever since we learned that trace elements of anthrax were discovered there; and they have been laboring, Mr. Speaker, with astonishing integrity and astonishing commitment and dedication to the thousands of people we serve across east central Indiana. Bill Smith, Ron Arnold, Jennifer Marsh, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Piepgrass, Ryan Fisher, Andrew Kincaid, Chris Kiefer, and Mary Breeding all deserve recognition for their patient endurance in the trial of serving and especially for their patience in putting up with me. When I asked each one of them whether or not they might talk with their parents about a better place to work after 9-11 and even after the anthrax scare, I told them there was only one family that had to be in Washington, D.C. to serve the people in this district and that was mine; and to their undying credit, every one of them stayed. They labor at this very hour on behalf of the people of the second district, and they deserve our respect and appreciation.”