A number of years ago we--Dr. Coburn and I, in the Bush administration and then in the Obama administration--focused, focused, focused on this with GAO and started to see that number being driven down, which is good.

I am a big supporter of your ongoing efforts to move our country's health care system away from volume-based toward value-based payment for care.

Good. Well, I think we agree it is important to continue our efforts, and we want to be helpful.

the Visa Waiver Program, which has been around for actually quite a while, continues to evolve and to hopefully be improved.

DACA and DAPA are smart economically.

First, we need a policy that is fair, one that will significantly reduce our Nation's budget deficit and one that will strengthen our economic recovery that is now underway.

more interior enforcement, particularly at workplaces, is vital to the success of a guest worker program.

Last Congress, two-thirds of the Senate came together and overwhelmingly passed such a measure.

let us think a little bit about common sense and let us think about not just values, but common views, a commonality of consensus.

DACA and DAPA are smart public safety policy.

Last month, our Chairman, along with Senator Sasse and I traveled down to South Texas to see firsthand conditions along our border.

If we do not make the investments and build the relationships and the trust and the support to help those countries get their economies under control to provide opportunities at home, we will continue to be this safe haven.

They come up and say, 'How can I get to your country? How can I get to America?' There is a reason for that.

I think we can do both at the same time, and the immigration reform bill that Senator McCain co-authored actually does both at the same time.

I think Secretary Chertoff did an excellent job characterizing both the security value of the program and its favorable diplomatic impact for U.S. interests abroad.

I think it is something that other countries should consider more strongly.

Part of what a guest-worker program would be able to do is help better fill those jobs.

Well, that is actually kind of encouraging.