When i was a talkshow host i found that when we were talking about issues that came close to home, we strike a responsive chord. As i come into congress, i hope to focus on those kinds of issues. You have small children . Mr. Pence we have three small children under the age of eight. The hardest working campaigners in indiana. With such small children, will you be moving to family or stay home . Mr. Pence its a difficult decision to make. We are going to make some plans in the short term to homeschool, so my wife, who is a 15 year Public School teacher, will take on those duties and permit us to live in both places. When congress is in session, i want my wife and children with me here. As soon as we are out of session, we want to be home in indiana. A lot of talk with new members about the bipartisanship of the freshman class coming in. How will you reach across the political aisle . Mr. Pence i always used to say on my Radio Program that im a conservative but im not in a bad mood abou
Ever wrote before he left office, 1984, in abortion and the conscience of a nation and he said, i would believe he would speak of the Stem Cell Research today in the same way, irrespective what his namesake says. That you can not diminish the value of any kind of human life without diminishing the value of all human life. And that the sanctity of human life and this debate over Stem Cell Research is fundamentally at the center of this political debate, make no mistake about it. Next week on capitol hill i will be privileged to be part of a team that brings to the floor another bill that i think is at the very center of our national life, and very heartbeat of your work in christian coalition, and that is, we will bring the marriage protection act to the floor of the house of representatives. And we will pass it in this congress. [applause] and i must tell you that there are those who would trivialize this debate, and to be perfectly candid, i believe this issue is of such enormous soci
A nearby Bluegrass Festival offered a tempting distraction for the harmonica playing senator but mr. Kane stayed out of sight. That debate coming up in farmville, virginia at longwood. Niversity our coverage begin 7 30 eastern tomorrow night with the debate about 00 eastern. Our team is there getting prepped and prepare. We are taking great photos and videos behind the scenes of the event. We will now show you tonights Vice President for preview on cspan. Announcer the Vice President ial debate happens tuesday, october 4 at Longwood University in farmville, virginia. Cspans live coverage starts at 7 30 p. M. Eastern. The next 2. 5 hours, we will take a look of the candidates, virginia senator tim kaine and indiana governor mike pence, beginning with some of the earliest appearances on cspan. First, we would hear from tim kaine on cspans washington journal in may of 1997. He was then serving as a member of the Richmond City council. Joined on theow program by republican rick white on a
His mother and fathers families were both from virginia. We claim him as a brother in virginia because of affection he held for the south, for southerners and virginians during his entire life even during the difficult war years and especially the days after the war. We must especially claim lincoln as a virginian because the project of his mature adult life was to pick up and rescue from the most virginia value that all men are created equal and work to continue the project that was authored by the other virginia, Thomas Jefferson 85 years before. That was the work of Abraham Lincolns life. [applause] sen. Kaine to be true to virginia values. It is hard to remember this, Abraham Lincoln learned that those words of the declaration of independence when he was a young man, go into fourth of july ceremonies with the declaration of independence read. You know what folks . After the declaration of independence was prepared by jefferson, when the constitution was written a decade later, ther