I want to deal with sanctions for one moment.

He is not doing what every other President has done, every other President, which is to set up a blind trust and divest.

We do not have a VAT tax system, we have an income tax system, and other countries do.

You are taking an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States.

I would hope that you would agree that we do not want tax reform to increase the size of the Federal deficit.

[a]ny reductions we have in upper-income taxes will be offset by less deductions so that there will be no absolute tax cut for the upper class.

Russia is top on that list.

I think we all would acknowledge that our income tax rates, personal and corporate, put the United States at a disadvantage in global competition and it is something we need to deal with.

You want to grow our economy in regards to exports.

the second is that tax reform should be at least as progressive as our current tax code.

I would just urge you, as I did in my office, to take a look at a progressive consumption tax.

You are committed to enforcing the sanctions against Russia?

But the EU and the United States have made it clear they will never recognize Russia's incursion into Crimea.

A free country has free and fair elections and does not interfere with other countries' free and fair elections.

You are going to need it at the United Nations, so the best to you.

I think you have impressed everybody in the individual meetings that you have had.

The U.N. must change. It must be fair. People must be held accountable.

I would take personal exception to that.

A free country does not invade another country and take over territory.

Our concern about Russia has been building for a long time, and many of us have been very open about the danger Russia poses to the world order.

You cannot wipe this off. You cannot say, well, we will deal with the other issues of the Syrian civil war, but we will not hold those who are responsible accountable.

When we say never again, we mean never again.

I just really want to set the record straight here about the vetting process used for Syrian refugees.

There is serious concern as to whether the current authorization used by the Obama administration and potentially to be used by the Trump administration covers the military actions that they have pursued.

I just really want to point out that in 2016 alone, 79 U.N. peacekeepers lost their life in service to humanity.