Cutting our education budget, that's not a smart choice. That will not help America compete with China.

The rise in health care costs since Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act was passed, have been at their lowest rate in 50 years. Those savings have extended the Medicare trust fund by 11 years. So we've got a baseline of facts.So it is true theoretically that all that progress can be undone, and suddenly 20 million people or more don't have health insurance.

[Donald Trump] ran an extraordinarily unconventional campaign and it resulted in the biggest political upset in perhaps modern political history. American history.

We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair economy.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.

Some heinous crimes justify the ultimate punishment.