Mike Pence Quotes on Government (12 Quotes)

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.

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.

As a conservative, I believe the only real check on government is a free press, ... And as someone who believes in limited government, I believe nothing is more conservative than promoting and protecting the principle of a free press.

Tonight the Congress will renew our commitment to the principles of fiscal discipline and limited government that minted this majority.

All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and debt, and the American people have had it.

makes a powerful case that Congress should reconsider before we create this massive new government entitlement.

I think this is a test of character for the Republican majority in Congress, ... The American people are watching and waiting.

The American people may have a different view of the priorities the Congress should have in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . . .

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.

I believe in the leadership of this Congress, ... I believe in the men and women who lead the House of Representatives and the Senate. I see them as men and women of integrity and principle, who work every day to bring the ideals of our Founders into the well of the people's house.

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.

Average Americans in all 50 states are reaching into their pocketbooks and investing in relief and recovery efforts. The power and symbol of members of Congress doing that, regardless of the size of the contribution, could be very important.