It is not for the State Department or even the Secretary of State to say when and how the resources of the American people will be spent.

His first term in Congress began in January 2001. He was succeeded in the 110th Congress by Rep. Pence stands by his earmark requests.

After the 2010 election Pence announced that he would not run for re-election as the committee's chair. On November 6 2012 Pence narrowly won the 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election over Democratic nominee John R. On May 5 2011 Pence officially announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana in 2012.