Mike Pence

in the aftermath of the worst natural disaster in American history, Congress responded with generosity and more than $60 billion in 6 days. But this week, thanks to the leadership of President George W. Bush and Speaker Dennis Hastert…

Marines arrived at Barbara Weitzel's doorstep this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in New Castle, Indiana. She said, my first question was, ``Which one?'' Two of her sons are Marines. Both are in Iraq. She learned in that moment that her brave son…

the Good Book tells us if you owe debts, pay debts. If honor, then honor. If respect, then respect. As Washington, D.C., begins today to embark on a healthy debate over the future course of the Federal budget, I rise in the quiet of this…

earlier today, my good friend Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat from Illinois, said, ``Tomorrow the House will vote on America's future, with an $8 trillion national debt and with a Congress that spent $60 billion in 6 days without a thought as to…

I thank the gentleman, having not brought my reading glasses. What we are doing here is adjusting the arc from 6.4 growth to 6.3 percent. And as the gentleman from Georgia just said moments ago, in Washington that is what passes for a cut…

Let me say I am deeply humbled by the gentleman's characterization of our efforts. There is not a day goes by in this Congress that I am not grateful to the people of Texas for sending Congressman Jeb Hensarling to Washington, DC. His…

Two a.m. Sunday morning in Newburgh, Indiana, the rains came down, the winds blew and beat against the homes of that community, and it fell with a great crash. {time} 1930 It was the worst loss of life for a tornado in the State of Indiana…

it has been an extraordinary series of days: closed door sessions in the United States Senate, accusations and recriminations by a former President of the United States. President Jimmy Carter said in the last 24 hours that intelligence…

When it comes to making tough choices in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Madam Speaker, Presidential leadership will make the difference. Yesterday in remarks before the Economic Club of Washington, DC, the President of the United States…

it has been asked in some shrill tones this morning on the floor of this Congress, 2,000 American casualties in Iraq, and what do we have to show for it? Well, I would offer very humbly, what we have to show for it is a dictator behind…

I was detained this afternoon. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: Rollcall 520 (On Passage--H. Con. Res. 248)--``yea.''

on Tuesday, President Bush laid out a bold vision for answering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina with generosity and fiscal discipline, saying as he did in the Rose Garden, ``We here in Washington have got a vital role to play in the…

a determined enemy abroad, catastrophe and political upheaval at home, these are times, as Thomas Paine wrote, that try men's souls. But adversity does not create character. Adversity reveals character; and like the great Nation we serve…

To delay the implementation of the prescription drug entitlement for just one year, that would put $40 billion back in the budget.

I thank my friend for his powerful reflections on an extraordinary trip. Before I yield to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King), who led his own delegation in August to Operation Iraqi Freedom, I wanted to reflect for just a few minutes, Mr…

Katrina breaks my heart. When I consider its tragic aftermath, the ancient parable comes to mind: ``And the rains descended and the flood came and the winds blew and beat against the house and it fell with a great crash.'' For most…

20 years ago, the Caribbean and Central America were inflamed with a virus that we called communism. It was in its ascendancy. Thanks to the courageous vision and leadership of President Ronald Reagan and many on both sides of the aisle in…

apart from the decision to go to war, a President makes no more consequential choice than filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States. I rise today for a few short moments to say that in choosing Judge John Roberts as the…

all of us remember the summer of 527s. Groups organized on the left and right under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code spent nearly $400 million in the midst of the Presidential campaigns while the Nation's two major political…

Winston Churchill said, ``Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on a strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.'' Last night, the Commander-in-Chief addressed…

it is time to turn down the rhetoric and to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts. For more than 40 years, the United States Congress…

Social Security reform is an idea whose time has come. And thanks to the leadership of President George W. Bush, we are engaged in a national conversation about addressing the long-term 21st century challenges that the Social Security…

human cloning is coming. Despite ominous developments in South Korea and in laboratories across the land, last week, the House Committee on Appropriations rejected, by a narrow margin, a thoughtful amendment authored by the gentleman from…

1 week ago the House Committee on the Judiciary convened a memorable hearing on the PATRIOT Act. Members of the Democratic minority called the hearing. All of the witnesses at the hearing opposed the PATRIOT Act, and, in fact, broadly…

in 1994, staffers at UNICEF's Kenya office defrauded or squandered up to $10 million. In the Congo in the last year, U.N. peacekeepers and civilian personnel stand accused of widespread sexual exploitation of refugees of the Democratic…