Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.

Had anyone told me that I was going to have a career in business, I would have said, 'No way.'

We also know that ISIS is recruiting who are not in those databases. So of course, we're going to miss them. And then we now learn that DHS says, "No, we can't check their social media."

I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis.In order to prevent another crisis, we need to do what we should have done years ago - reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We also need to repeal Dodd-Frank, the Democrats' failed solution. Under Dodd-Frank, 10 banks too big to fail have become five banks too big to fail. Thousands of community banks have gone out of business.

Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back.

I was wrong about [Jack] Keane. He is the exception that proves the rule. I was certainly right about the fact that he is a member of the warrior class.