To those still in denial, or even advocating steps that would make our debts even higher, please reconsider.

I don't think that's going to happen. On the bigger issue of the 1990s versus today, I do think there is structural differences.

I subscribe to Senator Gregg's emphasis on value-based reimbursement. I think we're making progress on Medicare. It's not hopeless.

this is a critically important report and certainly at the heart of what our role is

Many times as I visit our veterans facilities it is the lower-income veterans who don't have access to private care, they don't have access to private insurance; this is their provider of choice.

the use of quality metrics with regard to bringing down the pain surveys, bringing down the numbers, inadvertently incentivized physicians to push opiate medication

the good news is we did change it, by the way

it is probably in the interests of the United States and our allies to see norms that would discourage nuclear testing by other nations.

strengthening the norm against nuclear testing makes it harder for other nuclear states to develop more sophisticated nuclear arsenals.

we all believe the Senate has a very important constitutional role, and we intend to play that role

I think it is very hard to talk about an issue like this and keep it totally on process.

I just welcome your thoughts on that approach where we can sort of grow our own and use the skill set of veterans coming out of our military.

I think certainly other alternatives are going to be part of it, also I think education and expectations of patients is going to be an important aspect of beginning to change that.

The U.S and China entered into a Cyber theft agreement in September 2015.

Do you agree that providing law enforcement with the authority to appropriately obtain basic information--excluding content--is extremely valuable in helping to piece together actionable intelligence that can help stop an attack?

Are you aware of ANY U.S. government activities helping Iran protect its nuclear program against sabotage?

Based on your experience, do you agree with FBI Director Comey's assessment that the ECTR fix 'would be enormously helpful'?

Would you agree that ensuring that law enforcement has the tools they need to prevent future attacks is extremely important?