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Most--before I was elected to this job here, I was Governor of my State.

I would just note for the record that 5, 6 years ago, we had about 40 million people in this country who did not have any health care coverage, and today, that number has been cut in half.

I think we should. I do not know of anybody who is asking for a special deal.

What we have is that I would describe it as sort of a Rube Goldberg set-up here to make sure that legislative employees, employees of the legislative branch, can actually get the employer's share, as other Federal employees do.

That is music to our ears. Thank you. Thank you so much for saying that.

We have passed legislation that gives them the kind of opportunities to hire and retain people, cyber warriors that the National Security Agency (NSA) has.

But, if we do have a second round, I want to come back and ask you about how we are using the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to find ways to get better health care outcomes for less money, or better health care outcomes…

Surround yourself with the best people you can find.

We worked very hard with the Intelligence Committee (IC) and, I think, passed a really good information sharing bill.

Vilifying refugees coming to our country or to Canada only serves as a distraction from the real challenges of defeating ISIS on the battlefield.

If I am an ISIS-affiliated person and I am trying to get into this country and do mayhem, why would I take 2 years to get here?

When I was a stranger in your land, did you take me in?

What I have said, anecdotally, is that a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) would have to be crazy or stupid to try to get here through our most closely vetted program and wait 2 years to go through the most extensive…

One of the initiatives that we talked about was a community partnership countering violent extremism (CVE), and it would be an agency within the Department of Homeland Security whose job it would be to work out--to reach out, particularly…

That kind of reminds me of the Golden Rule. How do we want to treat other people? Well, the way that we would like to be treated.