Mike Pence: “like many people across eastern Indiana, I was shocked and dismayed yesterday to learn of the complete elimination of…”

“like many people across eastern Indiana, I was shocked and dismayed yesterday to learn of the complete elimination of over 400 manufacturing jobs from Anderson, Indiana. It is therefore altogether fitting that we would as our first priority in Congress in this majority, Mr. Speaker, pass an extension of unemployment benefits to help Americans like those in Anderson who will be beset by these layoffs. I also applaud the President of the United States, who outlined a jobs package yesterday that I believe is a good start. But it is written, Mr. Speaker, that without a vision the people perish, and I would paraphrase by saying that without a vision economies perish as well. I would challenge this Congress and leadership in my own party to not just be content, Mr. Speaker, with unemployment insurance extensions, helping those that are laid off, or passing legislation that simply alleviates a recession. We need a new vision for an economy that is abundant and growing at historic levels. We need to bring additional tax relief that will unleash the entrepreneurial energy of the American economy as never before, and part of that must be tax relief designed at encouraging and promoting capital formation.”