Mike Pence: “I must say that I do love following the distinguished majority leader to the floor. He is, as has been said, an eloquent…”

“I must say that I do love following the distinguished majority leader to the floor. He is, as has been said, an eloquent and effective champion for the Democrat agenda in Congress. But the American people deserve to know this budget puts that agenda in high relief. It is more taxes, more spending, no entitlement reform, and pork barrel spending as usual. Now let me say Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we were beset by terrible tornadoes. A military base in my district, 40 buildings compromised, some destroyed; dozens of homes destroyed and compromised through Rush County and Shelby County. But you know what? I know what Hoosiers are doing today. They are grabbing a shovel, they are rolling their sleeves up. Some have been out all night long sacrificially coming alongside their neighbors in a community in crisis and they are cleaning up the mess. I want to suggest, Mr. Speaker, that we are facing a fiscal crisis in this Nation, and it is a mess of extraordinary proportions: $9.3 billion in national debt, $43 trillion in unfunded obligation in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.”