We need to stabilize the individual health insurance market.

Our goal is to repair the damage caused by Obamacare where we find damage.

We want to do that by moving decisions out of Washington and back in the hands of consumers and of States.

I would like to do that.

Tom is a good man. He is a family man. He is a physician. He is an honorable man.

I would look for a little bit of experience. And Tom has it in terms of being a legislator.

I would want to understand if he knew the legislative process.

We don't want to replace a failed Washington, DC. health care system with another failed Washington, DC. health care system.

I proposed a reduction of 80 percent over a certain number of years; Senator Alexander said he thought folks could do better than 80 percent and he proposed a 90 percent reduction schedule.

If your local bridge in Georgia or in Tennessee were very near collapse, the first thing you'd do, I would think, is to send in a rescue crew to repair the bridge temporarily so no one else is hurt.

We want to do this right. We want to sequence the events carefully and adequately so that Americans have concrete, practical alternatives in place of what is there today.

The choice movement seeks flexibility for putting children in the right learning environment, embracing all high-quality providers.

Betsy DeVos will be a forceful advocate for the interests of school children and their parents.

There is nothing in Ms. DeVos's education, training or experience that indicates she is qualified for a position of leadership.

This may be the single most powerful reform of all--raising the rates of literacy so all students have a chance to achieve the American Dream.

American students deserve a Secretary of Education who is committed to helping public schools deliver an excellent education, not one who has worked relentlessly to undermine public education.

Washington, DC. should not be a national school board.

I'm glad that we've changed to ESSA.

I'm troubled by the Government Accountability Office report that was issued at my request last November.

Providing a quality education where students can safely learn to read, write and think creatively is the No. 1 goal for the new Secretary of Education.

I support her confirmation and look forward to working with her.

Like the President-elect, Betsy DeVos is a champion of change and reform.

Young people in America today are entering a workforce that is the most competitive we have seen in our lifetime.

Betsy is a champion of families, not institutions.

We'll just have to see what his plan is.