PenceBlog: <b>Pence joins 215 other House members in support of lobby reform legislation<b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

Yesterday Rep. Pence joined 215 other House members and voted to begin consideration of the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which is now expected to come to the floor next week.

The bill sets forth new rules on earmark spending and lobbying reform.

Here is an excerpt from an article in today's New York Times by Sheryl Gay Stolberg:

"Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, chairman of the conservative House Republican Study Committee, said, 'After months of scandal and years of deficit spending, we have come to a moment of truth.'

"Mr. Pence said Congress must change the way it spends taxpayers' money, and added, 'You can't complain about the sharks when you are holding a bucket of chum.'"

Here is another excerpt from an article by Jim Abrams of the AP:

"Conservatives again said lobbying reform without an earmark provision was unacceptable.

"'After months of scandal and years of deficit spending, we have come to a moment of truth,' said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., a leader of the conservatives. 'We will show today who in this body is committed to reform and who is not.'"

Here is a third excerpt from a Knight Ridder article by James Kuhnhenn:

"Still, many House conservatives are suspicious 'that the desire to expand earmark reform is actually a desire to kill earmark reform,' said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind."

posted by Pence Press Office # 8:08 AM