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Gretchen Carlson: Congressman Mike Pence is Chairman of the House Republican Conference and the third ranking Republican in Congress. He's introducing a bipartisan resolution today to support Iranian protesters. Good morning to you, Congressman.
 
Congressman Mike Pence: Hey, good morning, guys.
 
Carlson: Let's talk about that resolution - it is with a Democrat that you are introducing. What will it say?
 
Pence: That's right. Howard Berman, who is the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a prominent Democrat from California and I, introduced legislation last night that will come to the floor today, it will be debated, it will give the American people, through their elected representatives, an opportunity to express their support for the citizens of Iran who are taking a stand for freedom and for fundamental rights and for free elections. We'll also condemn the ongoing violence by the government of Iran against demonstrators and pro-government militias and endorse the universality of the human rights that are being celebrated on the streets there. I have said all week long, and now will have a chance to bring a resolution to the floor, that I believe that the cause of America is freedom, and in that cause, we must never be silent, and today the people's House will express an affirmation from the American people to the people of Iran, and I'm very pleased about that.
 
Brian Kilmeade: Republicans and Democrats doing that, we'll see what happens. President Obama, some are lauding saying good move not picking a winner between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi, who claims he was robbed of this election. What are you saying? He should have picked a side or should he have sided with the people vociferously?
 
Pence: Well look, I've been focused on what Congress should do, and we're bringing a good resolution to the floor today in a bipartisan spirit, but I do respectfully disagree with where the President's drawn the line, even though it's his to draw, as the President of the United States of America. He has admirably expressed that he's troubled about the violence; he said that the protesters have a right to be, quote, heard and respected, but we've yet to hear the President express the unqualified support of the American people for the people who are bravely going to the streets in on behalf of, essentially, free elections and democracy. If the President chooses not to do that, that's his choice to make. Today the people through the people's house will have an opportunity to give that affirmation to the Iranian citizens.
 
Carlson: Congressman, real quickly - there are reports this morning that Secretary of State Clinton and Vice President Biden disagree with the President on this, that they would want a more terse response. Do you believe that the President is keeping with the measured response because he has advocated negotiations with Iran?
 
Pence: Well, I haven't talked to the President about it this week, but i do want to say i think it's a false choice to say that you can be about engagement and also and/or speak the ideals of the American people and our historic commitment to freedom. I think you can do both. Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate. He didn't say ‘Mr. Gorbachev, this wall is none of our business.' He said "tear down that wall". He also walked through Red Square and had historic negotiations and progress. It all led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. We can engage, we can also confront them with our ideals. Congress will do that today and i'm pleased about that.
 
Kilmeade: And it's bipartisan. Congressman Mike Pence, good luck today.