It creates great anxiety for consumers, and insurers would be unable to price their policies if they don't know what the rules are going to be.

I am a strong supporter of apprenticeship education, and I think we can do more to prepare young people for many of the unfilled, high-skill jobs that industry needs.

There's nothing worse than a student being saddled with educational debt and not earning the credential or the degree that would enable that student to pay off that debt.

The single most important action that the Federal Government could take would be to fulfill the promise of the 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to fund 40 percent of the additional cost of educating a special needs child.

I have no doubt that you care deeply about the education of all children.

Would you commit to taking a look at the funding of the department to see if we could do a better job of moving toward fulfillment of that promise?

Will you commit to giving the Commander in Chief, the President, unpleasant news that may be inconsistent with his policy preferences, based upon the best intelligence that the CIA can develop?

I just hope that you will hold onto the commitment that you made today, because it's not going to be easy.

The larger question--the great foreign policy mistakes of my lifetime--Vietnam, Bay of Pigs, and Iraq--all were based in one way or another on bad intelligence or, more accurately, intelligence that was tailored to fit the demands of the…

I believe that the recent focus on the cyber intrusions in the campaign has greatly increased the public's awareness of this problem.

If confirmed, would you make a priority to provide an assessment to Congress of whether or not Iran is using its civilian air fleet for such purposes?

The Department of Defense is subjected to 100,000 attempted cyber attacks each day.

RT is a significant media presence.

I would suggest that--yes, that's right.

I think that is--and he said, 'That's a dangerous situation, because we don't want our military separated from the society.'

The irony of your making that statement here I cannot avoid.

It also makes it too easy for the rest of society--meaning Presidents and Congresses--to talk about wars and deployment of troops if there's no widespread of--element of sacrifice.

The IC's conclusion that the Russians sought to assist President-elect Trump's campaign depend upon an assessment... that the Russians covertly collected information from primarily Democratic sources.