Claim: "I actually pushed the Deficit Reduction Act. That was the last time we actually reduced the national debt in the United States, when I was the leader of House conservatives."
Fact-check: Mike Pence off-base about his aiding last U.S. debt decrease
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2023-08-29T00:00:00