Mike Pence is an American politician and the 48th Vice President of the United States. He served as the 50th Governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party and has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001.
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I'm a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.
While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.
Human cloning is coming.
This isn't the old days where you can just say stuff and people will believe it.
Adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles.
I long for the day that "Roe v. Wade" is sent to the ash heap of history.
Donald Trump is going to speak the truth to the American people.
The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.
To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single medical treatment, where ethical, adult stem cell research has produced some 67 medical miracles.
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Human cloning is coming. — Mike Pence
I long for the day that "Roe v. Wade" is sent to the ash heap of history. — Mike Pence
Donald Trump is going to speak the truth to the American people. — Mike Pence
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And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people.
Calls to ban Muslims from entering the US are offensive and unconstitutional.
My Christian faith is at the very heart of who I am.
The Patriot Act is essential to our continued success in the war on terror here at home.
Let's put the safety and security of the American people first.
Torture is illegal. Torture is banned by various provisions of the law. I support that.
When you get the economy growing, that's when you can deal with the national debt.
Donald Trump and I both accept that Barack Obama was born in the United States of America.
We really think health savings accounts were kind of invented in Indiana.
I think enhanced interrogation saved lives.
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Human cloning is coming. — Mike Pence
We welcome the National Rifle Association here to Indianapolis. It's tens of thousands of freedom loving Americans. I was grateful to be able to speak to them and interact with them and I really do believe that the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms makes our communities more safe, not less safe. — Mike Pence
I long for the day that "Roe v. Wade" is sent to the ash heap of history. — Mike Pence
Donald Trump is going to speak the truth to the American people. — Mike Pence
I opposed No Child Left Behind, I opposed the Medicare prescription drug bill, I opposed the Wall Street bailout. What the American people are starting to see is that Republican, Republicans on Capitol Hill get it and the Democrats, from the White House to Capitol Hill, just don't get it. — Mike Pence
You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at here amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of our health care economy, paid for with nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes on individuals and small businesses. And it must be opposed. — Mike Pence
Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years. — Mike Pence
It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts. — Mike Pence
I think it's inarguable that Vladimir Putin has been a stronger leader in his country than Barack Obama has been in this country. — Mike Pence
It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent. — Mike Pence
More than anything else, let me be clear - we need to be willing to fight for freedom, and free markets, and traditional moral values. That's what the American people want to see this movement and this party return to. — Mike Pence
The truth is that this culture of political correctness has tied the hands of law enforcement around the USA. — Mike Pence
I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. — Mike Pence
In my home state of Indiana we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes. — Mike Pence
[Donald Trump] is his own man - distinctly American. And where else would an independent spirit like his find a following than in the land of the free and the home of the brave? — Mike Pence
There's two ways you can defeat your opponent, number one, is you can defeat 'em outright, or number two, you can just demoralize them. — Mike Pence
I was raised to believe in hard work, in faith and family. ... The most important job I'll ever have is spelled D-A-D. — Mike Pence
Let's allow Poland and the Czech Republic to have that missile shield that they were entitled to by joining NATO. I think that's the right strategic response to Russian aggression. — Mike Pence
Seven-and-a-half years of the weak and feckless foreign policy of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has weakened America's place in the world and it has emboldened the enemies of our freedom. — Mike Pence
For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending. — Mike Pence
From the heart, there is no place in America for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-Semitism. — Mike Pence
I think would send a very strong message to Putin and to Russia that NATO countries and the United States are going to respond by growing stronger economically and strategically. — Mike Pence
We all lived through September 11. I was here at the Capitol that day. I saw the evil of our enemies written in the smoke rising above the Pentagon. — Mike Pence
A society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable: the aged, the infirm, the disabled and the unborn. — Mike Pence
The very idea that a child that is almost born into the world could still have their life taken from them is just anathema to me, and I can't conscious about a party that supports that. — Mike Pence
You couldn't have a more clear choice between Donald Trump and I, who will end illegal immigration in this country, and - and Hillary Clinton, who will pursue more of the same, executive amnesty, open borders, which the American people are sick and tired of. — Mike Pence
All you need to know about Donald Trump is he loves his family and he loves this country. And he's going to be a great president of the United States. — Mike Pence
I think Donald Trump laid out a series of priorities that doesn't end with border security, it begins with border security. — Mike Pence
People who have come to the USA legally, who stood in line, who played by the rules, in the Latino and the Hispanic community, just like every other American, long to have a president that says, "We are a nation of laws, and that we're going to uphold and enforce those laws." — Mike Pence
The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people. — Mike Pence
For me it was a calling to public service. I often tell people other than a whole lot of zeros, he and I have a lot in common, and that is a belief in the American dream because we both [with Donald Trump] have lived it. — Mike Pence
I mean, the reality is unemployment today - over 14 million Americans are unemployed. That's exactly what it was a year ago. I mean, this - the American people know we can't borrow and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy. — Mike Pence
My fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America, the change will be huge. — Mike Pence
I have strongly supported the right to keep and bear arms. I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe. — Mike Pence
Just growing up in Columbus, which is such a special place, small town with a Fortune 500 company's headquarters, the extraordinary modern architecture. The experiences that I've had growing up in that very unique hometown has shaped me and always will shape me. — Mike Pence
If my son or your son handled classified information the way that Hillary Clinton did, they'd be court marshaled. — Mike Pence
We're [with Donald Trump] working from Day 1, which will be [Monday, January 23 2017], the first full business day of the administration, to begin to roll back the unconstitutional executive orders and an avalanche of regulations that have been stifling growth and jobs in Indiana and across the economy. — Mike Pence
We've seen an economy stifled by more taxes, more regulation, a war on coal and a failing health care reform come to be known as Obamacare and the American people know that we need to make a change. — Mike Pence
My votes against the education bill and my votes against the Medicare bill got huge play at home. — Mike Pence
We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research. — Mike Pence
President Trump is bringing a very candid - and direct type of leadership to the White House. And in conversations with leaders around the world, frankly, I think they all find it very refreshing. — Mike Pence
I think it's what animates our president-elect [Donald Trump] more than anything else, is a belief in the boundless potential of every American to live the American dream. — Mike Pence
There are criminal aliens in this country who have come into this country who are perpetrating violence and taking American lives. — Mike Pence
The United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime. — Mike Pence
Donald Trump has made it clear, he wants to make a priority of national security, rebuilding our military, but he wants to do it in a fiscally responsible way. — Mike Pence
The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat. — Mike Pence
We've weakened America's place in the world. It's been a combination of factors, but mostly it's been a lack of leadership. — Mike Pence
Law enforcement in America is a force for good. — Mike Pence
The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism. — Mike Pence
We can meet the obligations of Social security and Medicare. If we stay on the path that your party has us on, we'll be in a mountain range of debt and we're gonna face hard choices. — Mike Pence
It's probably why the 330,000 members of the fraternal order of police endorsed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States of America, because they see his commitment to them. — Mike Pence
Well, I think the reality is that as you study - when President Kennedy cut marginal tax rates, when Ronald Reagan cut marginal tax rates, when President Bush imposed those tax cuts, they actually generated economic growth. They expanded the economy. They expand tax revenues. — Mike Pence
In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate and track terrorists. — Mike Pence
It is a rare piece of legislation indeed where there is so much agreement about the goals. — Mike Pence
When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities. — Mike Pence
I think I've always believed in Ronald Reagan's adage, "Peace through Strength." Let's grow stronger on a transatlantic basis in our economies. — Mike Pence
You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt. — Mike Pence
Unlike the former Soviet Union that respected the strength of West, Putin's Russia ignores talk of sanctions, claims land, and supports rebels in Ukraine with impunity. — Mike Pence
The President reminded us that the war in Iraq is a central battlefield in the war on terror that began the morning of September the 11th. — Mike Pence
We ought to deploy a missile defense shield to the Czech Republic and Poland, which Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pulled back on out of not wanting to offend the Russians back in 2009. — Mike Pence
The person who had the greatest influence in my life was my dad, who was a wonderful small businessman, devoted to his family, devoted to the local church. — Mike Pence
It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth. — Mike Pence
When African-American police officers involved in a police action shooting involving an African-American, why would Hillary Clinton accuse that African-American police officer of implicit bias? — Mike Pence
By requiring that any surplus in Social Security taxes be returned to the American people in personal savings accounts, the plan ensures that Social Security taxes will be used for Social Security. — Mike Pence
The reason the American people don't trust Hillary Clinton is they're looking at the pay to play politics she operated with the Clinton foundation through the private server. — Mike Pence
Donald Trump's laid out a plan to end illegal immigration once and for all in America. We've been talking it to death for 20 years. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want to continue the policies of open borders, amnesty, catch and release, sanctuary cities, all the things that are driving wages down in this country. — Mike Pence
Well the truth is, Republicans didn't just lose a few elections, we lost our way. — Mike Pence
Whether it's being repealing or replacing Obamacare, rolling back excessive regulations, making the kind of investments that'll support infrastructure, or reducing taxes and reforming business taxes across the country. That's just a sampling of the things that we're working on right now. — Mike Pence
We're going to rebuild America with American workers and American tools. — Mike Pence
The president-elect has set a very aggressive agenda, and I think that repealing and replacing Obamacare with the kind of health care reform that'll lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government will be job one. — Mike Pence
What I'm OK with is protecting the American people. What I'm OK with is, when people have the intent to come to this country and take American lives, that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country. — Mike Pence
The American people know we can be stronger, we can be more prosperous but we have got to have new leadership and that happens to be Donald Trump when he becomes president. — Mike Pence
Congress needs to step up. Congress needs to do their job, and Congress needs to do their job now. — Mike Pence
The truth is you cannot command the respect of the world when you spend years apologizing to our enemies and abandoning our friends. Lecturing the American people about the Crusades while refusing to call Islamic extremism by name is an abdication of leadership. — Mike Pence
I thought it was important to speak about what I believe would be the right response to Russian aggression in Ukraine. I'm pleased to hear there is more sanctions maybe coming tomorrow. But the truth of the matter is I think we need less talk and more deeds. — Mike Pence
The American people want to see our nation standing tall on the world stage again. They want to see us supporting our military, rebuilding our military, commanding the respect of the world, and they want to see the American economy off to the races again. — Mike Pence
I do think that part of the reason why [Donald Trump] asked me to run with him and gave me the opportunity to serve with him was informed by my 12 years of experience on Capitol Hill and my years as governor of the State of Indiana. — Mike Pence
However long I serve in public life, I'll stand on that basic liberty of the right to keep and bear arms. — Mike Pence
Hillary Clinton's top priority when she became secretary of state was the Russian reset. The Russian reset. After the Russian reset, the Russians invaded Ukraine and took over Crimea. — Mike Pence
Donald Trump wants to make it clear to the American people that, while Hillary Clinton is committed to open borders, and amnesty, and executive amnesty, and more of the same that has really harmed our economy, and, frankly, as he said, with regard to dangerous individuals in this country, has cost American lives. . . . — Mike Pence
I believe in servant leadership, and the servant always asks, 'Where am I needed most?' — Mike Pence
I would tell you that for me the sanctity of life proceeds out of the belief that ancient principle that - where God says before you were formed in the womb, I knew you, and so for my first time in public life, I sought to stand with great compassion for the sanctity of life. — Mike Pence
Donald Trump made it clear in that very interview that America will stand by our allies. We will uphold up our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO. — Mike Pence
Growing up I used to ... one of my heroes growing up was President John F. Kennedy. And I actually have a memory box from when I was a little where I saved articles about President Kennedy. He was a real hero. — Mike Pence
For me, my faith informs my life. — Mike Pence
What you have in President Trump is someone who is willing to, and is, in fact, engaging the world, including Russia, and saying, where can we find common interests that will advance the security of the American people, the peace and prosperity of the world? And he is determined to come at that in a new and renewed way. — Mike Pence
What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States of America do, is speak a word of support to the people of Iran. — Mike Pence
The American people, I think, are tired of being told. They're tired of being told this is as good as it gets. They're tired of being told, like Ronald Reagan used to say, that little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives better for us than we can plan them for ourselves. — Mike Pence
It's hard for me to believe sometimes that my three kids never met my dad. Because one of the things - one of the real blessings to me is that while my dad left this Earth when I was in my 20s, he's just as much a part of, of my life now than he was then, in terms of I often think of my dad. I think of what my dad might do in a certain situation. And so he continues to be, you know, my hero, my role model. — Mike Pence
We need to act and act now to get people out of harm's way. — Mike Pence
Hillary Clinton wants a better title, and I would, too, if I was already America's secretary of the status quo. — Mike Pence
I probably got from my mom a passion for public policy and and civic involvement. — Mike Pence
I worked when I was Congress on a second chance act. We have got to do a better job recognizing and correcting the errors in the system that do reflect on institutional bias in criminal justice. But what - what - what Donald Trump and I are saying is let's not have the reflex of assuming the worst of men and women in law enforcement. We truly do believe that law enforcement is not a force for racism or division in our country. — Mike Pence
Life Lessons by Mike Pence
Mike Pence has taught us the importance of staying true to your beliefs, no matter what the opposition may be.
He has also shown us the importance of staying humble and putting the needs of the people first.
Lastly, he has demonstrated the importance of working hard and never giving up on your goals, no matter how difficult they may seem.
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