PenceBlog: <b>Pence, House conservatives defend budget: cut more than $500 million<b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

This afternoon Congressman Pence and other House conservatives took to the House floor to object to $508 million in spending during debate on the Military Quality of Life appropriations bill.

During the Congressman's floor speech, he stated, "It's time that we leveled with the American people. It's time that we stood for the principle that we mean what we say, and when we adopt a budget, we make the hard choices to live within the budget."

Jim Angle of The Associated Press writes in this article that conservatives "used parliamentary procedures to delete some 20 projects worth $507 million from the $94 billion spending bill for military construction and veterans programs in fiscal 2007, which will begin Oct. 1."

Here is another excerpt:

"Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., a leader of the conservatives, told reporters this would not be the last spending battle.

"'I think you are going to see an ongoing effort by House conservatives to see this Congress live within our means.'"

posted by Pence Press Office # 3:08 PM