VP Mike Pence POLICY statements

VP Mike Pence POLICY statements

Here are his main policy statements (VP debate)

= = = = = Real Healthcare vs Obamacare = = = = =

Gov. Pence: We have a plan to get health care working again by lowering taxes across the board for working families, small businesses, and family farms; ending the war on coal that is hurting jobs, repealing Obamacare, lock stock, and repealing all of the executive orders Obama has signed that are stifling economic growth in this country.  On top of that, the trade deals that have put the American worker first, you have got a prescription for real growth. When you get the economy growing, that is when you can deal with the national debt. When we get back to 3.5 percent to 4 percent growth, then we are going to have the resources to meet our nation's needs at home, abroad, and the ability to bring down the national debt.

= = = = = Law Enforcement = = = = =

Gov. Pence: Donald Trump and I want to make sure law enforcement has the resources and tools to be able to really restore law and order, and for the cities and communities in this nation. It is probably why the 330,000 members of the police endorse Donald Trump as the next President of the United States of America because they see his commitment to him, to law—to them, to law and order. Law enforcement in this country is a force for good. They are people who put their lives on the line everything will day. I would suggest to you, what we need to do is assert a stronger leadership with the national level to use the—to support law enforcement [including] ‘stop-and-frisk’.

= = = = = ILLEGAL Immigration = = = = =

Gov. Pence: Donald Trump has made a plan to end illegal immigration once and for all in this country. We have been talking it to death for 20 years. Hillary Clinton wants to continue the policy of open borders, amnesty, catch and release, sanctuary cities, all of the things driving wages down in this country—also too often, with criminal aliens in the country, it is bringing heartbreak. Donald Trump has a plan that he laid out in Arizona that will deal systematically with illegal immigration, and it is probably why for the first time in history in immigration and customs enforcement, their union endorsed Donald Trump as the next President of the United States because they know they need help to enforce the laws of this country.

= = = = = Build the WALL = = = = =

Gov. Pence: A nation without borders is not a nation. Donald Trump is committed to restoring the borders of this nation. It begins with border security. After we secure the border, not only build a wall, but beneath the ground and in the air, we do internal enforcement. The focus has to be on criminal aliens. We just had a conversation about law enforcement, a conversation about the violence that is the setting our cities. The reality is, there is heartbreaking tragedy that has struck American families because people who came into this country illegally are now involved in criminal and reprise and activity, and we do not have the resources or the will to deport them systematically. Donald Trump said we are going to move those people out. People have overstayed their visas. We are going to enforce the law of this country and strengthen immigration and customs enforcement with more resources and personnel to be able to do that, and then Donald Trump has made it clear. Once we have done all of those things, then we are going to reform the immigration system that we have in this country. That is the order you should do it. Border security, removing criminal aliens, upholding the law, and then, senator, I will work with you. We will work to reform the immigration [later].

= = = = = Strong Leadership = = = = =

Gov. Pence: The United States of America needs to begin to exercise strong leadership to protect the vulnerable citizens in over 100,000 children in Aleppo. Hillary Clinton's top priority when she became secretary of state was the Russian reset. After the Russian reset, the Russians invaded Ukraine and took over Crimea. The small and bullying the leader of Russia is now dictating terms to the United States to the point where all the United States of America, the greatest nation on Earth, just withdraws from talk about a cease-fire while that a mere Putin puts a missile defense in Syria while he marshaled the forces and begins — look, we have got to lean into this with strong, broad-shouldered American leadership that begins by rebuilding our military.

= = = = = Reinforcing our great military = = = = =

Gov. Pence: The Russians and Chinese have been making enormous investments in the military. We have the smallest maybe since 1916. We have the lowest number of troops since the second world War. We have got to work with the congress and Donald Trump to rebuild our military and project American strength in the world. About Aleppo and Syria, I truly do believe that what America ought to do is immediately establish Safe Zones so that families with children can move out of those areas, work with our Arab partners real-time, right now to make that happen. The provocations by Russia need to be met by American strength. If Russia continues to be involved in this barbaric attack on civilians in Aleppo, the US needs to be prepared to strike military targets of the Assad regime, to prevent them from this humanitarian crisis taking place in Aleppo.

There is a broad range of other things we ought to do as well. We should deploy a missile defense shield to the Czech Republic and Poland, which had Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pulled back on. We have to have American strength on the world stage. When Donald Trump becomes president, the Russians and other countries in the world will know they are dealing with a strong American president.

= = = = = Russian Aggression = = = = =

Gov. Pence: There is an old proverb that says the Russian bear never dies, but hibernates. This foreign policy from Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has awakened a Russian aggression that first appeared a few years ago with their move into Georgia and Crimea and into the wider Middle East. All we do now is full of our arms and say, "We are not having talks anymore." We need to marshal the resources of our allies in the region and end the immediate — we need to act and act now to get people out of harm's way.

= = Deal with Putin from a position of strength!  = =

Gov. Pence:  Strength! We are going to rebuild our military. America is stronger than Russia. Our economy is 16 times larger than the Russian economy. Our political system is superior to the corrupt capital system in Russia in every way. When Donald Trump and I observed in Syria and Iran and Ukraine that the bullying leader of Russia has been stronger on the world stage than this administration we are stating facts. That is not an endorsement of Putin. With Donald Trump's presidency, we are not going to have the kind of posture in the world that has Russia invading Crimea and Ukraine, that has the Chinese building new islands in the South China Sea, that has literally the world, including North Korea, flouting American power. We will go back to the days of peace through strength.

= = = = = Internet Security vs Clinton Cash = = = = =

Gov. Pence: [Clinton Cash] has been a platform for the Clintons to travel the world. But honestly, we would know a lot more about it if Hillary Clinton would turn over the 33,000 e-mails.

= = = = = LIFE vs Partial-birth ABORTION!  = = = = =

Gov. Pence: But for me, I would tell you the sanctity of life proceeds out of that ancient principle of God. I tried to stand for the ancient principle of the sanctity of life. I am also very pleased that Indiana became the most-adoption state. But what I can’t understand is Hillary Clinton—how she can support a process like partial-birth abortion. Like Mother Teresa said at a famous prayer breakfast: There are so many families around the country who cannot have children. We can improve so people who cannot have children can. Society can be judged by how it deals with its most vulnerable: the aged, the infirm, [innocent babies.] I cannot say how happy I am to be standing with a pro-life candidate, Donald Trump. [Not H.Clinton!]

= = = = “Make America Great/united Again” = = = =

Gov. Pence: The American people want to see our nation standing tall on the world stage again. They want to see it supporting our military, rebuilding the military, command the respect of the world and they want to see the American economy off to the races: A comeback. Donald Trump wants to make America great again, when he does that I truly believe the American people will be standing tall. They will see that real change can happen after years of talking about it—Decades. They will stand tall, stand together, and we will have the kind of unity that has been missing for so long.