Pence supports the Colts

 

Here is a post by Mike Pence on his recent visit with the President.



Today President Bush addressed Republicans at our annual planning retreat at the Eastern Shore of Maryland. While most of the time was spent in very serious discussions of challenges at home and abroad, there was one very light and very Hoosier moment.

Knowing the President's enthusiasm for professional sports, Mrs. Pence got the idea that we and the kids should surprise the President by showing up in the colors and uniforms of the Super Bowl-bound Indianapolis Colts. While there was a dress code for the luncheon, just before the President approached us, Mrs. Pence passed out the Colts jerseys she snuck into the banquet to our three kids.

The President of the United States was delighted when we greeted him in glaring blue and white! He said. "Ok, Pence, alright, the Colts...it might be their year!" We assured him that it was. The President spoke very seriously of his admiration for "Manning" and "Dungy" saying "good at football and good men."

Later I chatted with Josh Bolten, the President's chief of staff, and he told me about his experience watching the Colts-Patriots game at Camp David with President Bush last Sunday. He said, "I never remember eating in front of the television set but we did that night." He made no commitment about the President's preference at the Super Bowl but did say, "he sure was impressed with the Colts last Sunday."

Weren't we all. Go Colts.

Mike Pence
Washington, D.C.

Life is winning in America

 

Pence spoke at the annual March for Life rally in Washington D.C. on Monday. He stated that the Pro-Life Movement is winning. Here is an excerpt from an article on the rally.

On Monday's anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, Republican officials in Washington, D.C., told the thousands of activists who took part in the annual March for Life that "life is winning in America."

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) told the crowd that had gathered in the nation's capital that Jan. 22 was a "cold anniversary" but noted that "despite the best efforts of the abortion rights movement, 34 years since Roe v. Wade, more Americans embrace the sanctity of life than ever before."

"Although the abortion movement is gathering strength in this city of compromise, Washington, D.C., is the only city in America where life is losing," he said. "In the quiet counsels between mothers and daughters, and sisters and friends, the truth about abortion is being told, young women are being warned, and life is winning in America."

"Every day, every hour, compassion is overcoming convenience," Pence added.

Life is winning in America

Pence gets sworn in

 

Here is Pence's statement after getting sworn into office for his 4th term as Congressman.

"Every time I take the oath of office it is a deeply emotional and meaningful experience. I accept the duties and responsibilities of representing the people and values of the 6th Congressional District of Indiana with a deep sense of humility. My ambition is to continue to champion the conservative values of the people who elected me, to serve all the people of our district with a servant's heart without favoritism or politics."