Pence says GOP should 捜し出す 限界s on 連邦の gov't

NEW YORK (AP) ― Indiana Gov. マイク Pence on Thursday called on 共和国の/共和党のs to 劇的な 限界 the 連邦の 政府's 役割 in public education, 福利事業 programs and transportation in a speech 目的(とする)d at 上げるing his profile の中で New York's powerful political 寄贈者s.

"I'm more 納得させるd than I've ever been in my life that the cure for what ails this country will come more from our nation's 明言する/公表する 資本/首都s than it ever will from our nation's 資本/首都," Pence, a former 下院議員, told a packed hotel ballroom すぐに after 寄贈者s paid $5,000 each for a picture with him.

The comments (機の)カム at the New York GOP's 年次の dinner, a fundraising event 始める,決める in Times Square that attracts ambitious 共和国の/共和党のs each year eager to tap into the city's 大規模な bank of (選挙などの)運動をする cash. 最近の (衆議院の)議長s 含む Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ― each of whom is 重さを計るing a 大統領の 企て,努力,提案.

Pence 宣言するd that Washington 共和国の/共和党のs must "永久的に 減ずる the size and 範囲 of the 連邦の 政府 by 回復するing to the 明言する/公表するs those 資源s and 責任/義務s that are rightfully theirs under the 憲法," 特に 特記する/引用するing education, 福利事業 and transportation.

He used humor to distance himself from an 人気がない 議会, where he served for more than a 10年間. "If I only had 12 years to live I'd want to live it as a member of 議会," he said, "because that was the longest 12 years of my life."

Pence may be いっそう少なく known on the 国家の 行う/開催する/段階, but 共和国の/共和党の operatives 示唆する he could 現れる as a major player in the 2016 contest should he run.

"He's got 大統領の 質s," New York 共和国の/共和党の Party Chairman Ed Cox said.

As he 検討する,考慮するs a White House 企て,努力,提案 a year and a half into his first 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 as 知事, Pence has been working to 強化する his 国家の profile. Thursday's trip 代表するd his second 会合 with New York 寄贈者s in as many months. He followed the first New York 外見 by pitching a 計画(する) to 拡大する health 保険 ニュース報道 for low-income Indiana 居住(者)s during a speech at a 保守的な think 戦車/タンク in Washington.

He has also been 強化するing 関係 to 共和国の/共和党のs in other 明言する/公表するs, headlining events for the Wisconsin and Alabama GOP in 最近の weeks.

At the same time, he's 支えるing his 外交政策 信任状. The Indiana 知事 is taking a group of 商売/仕事 leaders on a 職業s 使節団 to the 部隊d Kingdom in July. During an 経済的な 貿易(する) 使節団 to Germany last May, Pence took the unusual step of 非難するing the 大統領,/社長 while abroad when he faulted 大統領 Barack Obama's 扱うing of the 状況/情勢 in ウクライナ共和国.

Pence took repeated swipes at Obama's international leadership on Thursday. "The 外交政策 of this 行政 has made the world いっそう少なく 安全な," he said, "and must be 取って代わるd with a 政策 of peace through strength."

Pence is popular with Indiana 投票者s and has 同盟(する)s の中で 国家の 設立 共和国の/共和党のs and evangelical 投票者s alike.

"マイク Pence is a successful 知事 and a 十分な-spectrum 保守的な who could attract support from many different 小道/航路s in the 共和国の/共和党の Party. He's also one of the best 伝達者s we have," said GOP operative Phil Musser, a 退役軍人 of 大統領の politics.

Pence also has strong 関係 to 億万長者 保守的な 寄贈者s Charles and David Koch, whose political 網状組織 pumped tens of millions of dollars into the last 大統領の race.

Elected to his first 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 as 知事 in 2012, Pence had 重さを計るd a challenge to Obama's re-選挙. He has been 説 for months that he is "listening" to 国家の 保守的なs 利益/興味d in seeing him make a 大統領の 企て,努力,提案.

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Associated 圧力(をかける) writer Tom LoBianco in Indiana 与える/捧げるd to this 報告(する)/憶測.

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