Today word came out that the House GOP Conference has just adopted a complete earmark ban for the rest of the year in order to curb spending and hold the Democrats accountable.

Here are what some members of the Republican Study Committee are saying, with two of them being a part of the Indiana Delegation.

Rep. Dan Burton (IN-5)

Because of the irresponsible spending and public outrage over largess in Congress, I have sworn to not request, and to vote against, earmarks since 2007.  Until today, I was one of just thirty-two members of Congress to take that pledge.  Today, with the entire conference of House Republicans adopting our ban on all earmarks, we have sent a clear message to the American people that we are serious about cutting spending, and serious about an ethical appropriations process in Congress

Rep. Mike Pence (IN-6)

No doubt earmarks are being talked about in a different way by the democratic majority. Democrats were cutting “backroom deals” to persuade reluctant House Democrats to vote for the president’s proposal, and said “the American people want us to change business as usual.

Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-7)

Democrats’ promises to clean up Washington politics “is being broken every day.”

Rep. John Boehner (OH-8)

For millions of Americans, the earmark process in Congress has become a symbol of a broken Washington, Today House Republicans took an important step toward showing the American people we’re serious about reform by adopting an immediate, unilateral ban on all earmarks.

You can read the full article here from The Daily Caller and here is the list of t the 32 members in the Republican Study Committee that signed unto this total earmark ban.

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Rep. Steve Austria (R-OH)
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Leader John Boehner (R-OH)
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA)
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Rep. John Campbell (R-CA)
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO)
Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ)
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Rep. John Kline (R-MN)
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX)
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA)
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)
Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)
Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA)
Chairman Tom Price (R-GA)
Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN)
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Rep. Peter Sessions (R-TX)
Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ)
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)

I am proud of Reps. Burton and Pence for signing unto this and making it a pledge since 2007. It shows leadership on their part and I wish others from the Indiana Delegation would sign on as well.

This shows the Democrats that the Republicans are serious about curbing spending, putting the focus on getting the economy rolling again and without government intrusion. See the Republicans get it, they understand that spending our way out of a recession with all of these earmarks will not help. The Democrats have always had a policy of spend and tax, tax and spend and it has and won’t work.

Here is the press conference with the House GOP Conference: