workforce development board. mary? very good. first of all, i want to say thank you for your service and happy birthday. thank you, mary. very kind. i have a very brief question. i just want you to share your thoughts on abortion. you know, mary, i m pro-life, and i don t apologize for it. [ applause ] you know, when karen and i were running for congress 20 years ago, our kids were 4, 5, and 6. and i remember we looked at them, and we were trying to explain to our children why we were selling our dream house, moving from our hometown, going to spend all of our savings and uproot all of our lives to run for congress. and my wife karen looked at our little ones and said it s for the babies. and all my time in congress, i stood for the right the life. i authored the first legislation to defund planned parenthood, ever to pass the congress in the
audience, i want you to meet mary landeis. hi, mary. she is a mom and president of two manufacturing companies here in iowa. she s a republican from clarinda who serves on the stage workforce development corps, mary? all right very, good, first of all i want to say thank you for your service and happy birthday. thank you, mary. you are welcome. very kind. i have a very brief question, i just want to share your thoughts on abortion. you know, mary, i am pro-life, and i don t apologize for it. [applause] you know, when karen and i were running for congress 20 years ago, our kids were four, five, and six. and i remember we looked at them and we try to explain to our children why we were selling our dream house and moving to our hometown, gonna spend all of our savings and
united states. [ applause ] when i was governor of indiana, we not only stood for the right to life, but we promoted adoption reform because i believe if you re going to be pro-life, you need to be pro-adoption. but i will tell you, mary, i couldn t be more proud to have been vice president in an administration that appointed three of the justices that sent roe v. wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs and gave america a new beginning for life. but now i think now it s incumbent on us as americans to bring both principle and compassion to this cause. many states i m proud to say have advanced pro-life legislation, but we have a long way to go to win the hearts and minds of the american people. but i think that showing compassion and sensitivity and respect for one another, coming alongside women in crisis pregnancies as my wife karen and i have sought to do at crisis
pregnancy centers around the country is the way to do that. but i promise you, mary, i ve had 64 times around the sun. however more times i get, me and my family, we will not rest or relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of american law in every state in the country. [ applause ] sir, should any federal abortion ban also include exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother? well those are exceptions that i ve always supported, dana, as you know. i m a strong supporter of the hyde amendment. when i was in the congress of the united states, which coincidentally, president joe biden was too. for years and years, he opposed taxpayer funding of abortion on to the hyde amendment. but recognize those exceptions in those matters. but the truth is he abandoned that. he abandoned all of his
kudlow, the treasury secretary, because i knew in advising the president, we would have to make sure he understood what the cost to the economy would be to what we had done. and i must tell you, i think all along the way, are there lessons to be learned for the day that this happens again in america? absolutely. is spending one of them? and i want to look at those lessons. but i got to tell you, the way we did the paycheck protection program i think saved tens of millions of jobs all across this country, including here in iowa, and i believe the help that we provided to american families was absolutely essential. and, again, i ll always be proud of what the american people accomplished, but i ll always be open to learning what lessons we can learn. let s go back to the audience. i want you to meet mary landeis. hi, mary. she is a mom and a republican who serves on the state