Mike Pence

My colleague, we are afraid of the decline of marriage. We are afraid that what has happened in the last 15 years in the Netherlands since the advent of same-sex marriage is going to happen in America, and that our children and our society…

I deplore violence for any reason against any person; and I believe, without hesitation, that that is the view of the good and decent men and women who serve on the floor of this Congress. But I oppose the motion to instruct and hope our…

10 years ago the American people made a choice. It was a choice between decades of a tax-and-spend Congress that believed America prospered when Washington had more of what people earn and a new Republican majority that believed that…

the American Congress in 1776 adopted a Declaration of Independence which asserted the belief that we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. In fact, the Congress that adopted the first amendment and its freedom of…

3 years ago this Saturday, at precisely this hour, I found myself standing in the sunlight of a September morning in this city near the elm tree on the Capitol grounds. Like so many of my colleagues, I experienced September 11 in…

In the last 4 years, Palestinian terrorists have attacked Israel's buses, cafes, discos and pizza shops, murdering over 1,000 innocent men, women and children. Despite this unprecedented savagery, as former Prime Minister Benjamin…

we come tonight just almost 1 week after truly a dark day in the history of international justice and in the course of this debate and I trust in the course of this Congress' deliberations over H. Res. 713, deploring the misuse of the…

last week was a dark day in the history of international law. By a vote of 14 to 1, the International Court of Justice at The Hague condemned Israel's right of self-defense in the construction of a security fence to protect innocent…

I rise tonight to join the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), and thank him as well as the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays), for their extraordinary efforts in bringing what is very likely the largest scandal in the history of…

full-page ads across official Washington say it all: ``True conservatives oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.'' Oh, really? As one of a handful of Members of Congress with a 100 percent rating from the American Conservative Union, I…

the sad news reached Hoosiers last week. Army Lieutenant Robert Colvill, Junior, of Anderson, Indiana, lost his life fighting to liberate Iraq and defend American ideals overseas. He and three other soldiers died as a result of wounds…

this is a dark day in the history of international law. Today, the International Court of Justice, at the request of the United Nations General Assembly, ruled, ``The construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying power in…

one can scarcely imagine a more horrifying and terrifying experience than what happened yesterday to Todd Buchanan as his van coasted with its electrical systems failing on Indiana State Road 67. Todd Buchanan is a 39-year-old…

as we depart for the Independence Day recess on Capitol Hill, families and communities across America will prepare for celebrations and remembrances of the 4th of July; and as I and my family and my heartland district in eastern Indiana…

the question on the hearts and minds of millions of Americans was expressed last week on the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal. Will Republicans step up to control spending? In an age where we have seen an extraordinary increase…

I also speak in commendation of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), majority leader; and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), minority whip, who have brought forward this House concurrent resolution regarding the security of Israel…

Indiana has lost more manufacturing jobs than any State in the Union. So today I rise to enthusiastically support congressional action on the American Jobs Creation Act. Thanks to impending sanctions by the WTO, Congress will today cut the…

as the debate begins over the proper way to pay tribute the 40th President of the United States, some argue that the best way to honor the memory of Ronald Reagan would be to permit the destruction of human embryos for scientific research…

Mr. Speaker, Ronald Reagan will be remembered as a great man and a great American leader, who personified the highest ideals of the American people at home and abroad. After 8 years of his Presidency, the communism of Soviet Russia was…

in the midst of our national loss, gain. In the progress of freedom in Iraq, after months of sacrifice by U.S. and coalition forces, yesterday the United Nations Security Council agreed unanimously to a resolution outlining a free and…

as many know, for deeply held philosophical reasons, I opposed the creation of a prescription drug entitlement in Medicare. But I never opposed helping low-income seniors or using the private sector to give seniors more buying power to…

amidst the violence and struggle that always attends the transition between tyranny and liberty, we have progress in Iraq. Yesterday, a Shiite Muslim, part of a population that suffered for 30 years under the iron fist of Saddam Hussein, a…

despite the national media's best efforts to minimize the news, I am here to report, as the United States military confirmed in Iraq on Monday, weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq in the form of two separate artillery…

it really is a very good question posed frequently on the House floor today, Are we better off today than we were 4 years ago? Let us think. Four years ago, we had a morally disgraced President in the United States of America in the Oval…

for months we have heard opponents of the war in Iraq come to the floor of this Congress and ask the question again and again, where are the weapons of mass destruction? And yesterday the answer came in part, and the silence on the left is…