the deferred deportation programs would have a modest, but a net positive impact on the system.

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.

Good. Do you see a role for--and then we will come to Mr. Franco--do you see a role, eventually, for the Inter-American Development Bank with respect to this pipeline coming in from Mexico, or is that something that there is just plenty of…

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

When you hear 'illegal immigration,' I may think one thing. You may think another. But we have to define that.

Most of the people coming into the border these days are not coming from Mexico.

I also think of immigration reform as a force multiplier, done right, force multiplier in its own right.

Building that Customs and Border Protection and getting them out there where they have NCO quality leadership is going to be essential to us.

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.

We spend so much time, money, and energy focusing on symptoms of problems. We do not do a very good job drilling down on the underlying causes, the root causes of problems.

This is not us designing something in Washington, and I know there is some consultation, but that we are going to hang a billion-dollar here program, and, of course, they will take it.

But, cutting off immigration is not the way to help unemployed natives find jobs.

Congress needs to act.

As Governor, I worked on the development of the Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program in Delaware.

Folks on our Committee here and my staff hears me say ad nauseam, find out what works, do more of that; find out what does not work, do less of that.

I always tell people--people say, why have I--or ask me why I have had some success in my life. I always start off with, I picked the right parents.

Thanks for your service to our country. Good to see you all.

DACA and DAPA are smart economically.

if you want to solve problems, you do not just address the symptoms of the problems; you address the root causes of the problems.

One of the best tools we have to keep the hearts and minds of the Central and Eastern Europeans oriented to the West and to the United States is the Visa Waiver Program.

Ultimately, if I were sitting in your chair--I know how difficult it can be, but it is really developing and working together to come up with a comprehensive immigration plan as well as securing the border.

that is smart. That is not cheap, but I think it is a good investment.

Would you please discuss with us some of the improvements in health care outcomes as well as cost savings that may have already been realized in the last few years due to value-based Medicare reimbursements?

The PACE model for providing care and services is a good fit for this younger, qualified population.

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