I've been frankly very surprised at the intensity of our differences [with Russia]. I mean, between what appears to be hacking of our political system to the aggressive use of nukes on the borders, to these atrocities in Syria and their warnings. I've been very, very surprised at the intensity of all this.

We [americans] need to control our border just like people have to control who goes in and out of their house.

I don't want to get into an argument with somebody about how they ought to vote.

The role of money in politics is terrible, particularly when you're running for president. You get a handful of billionaires who can basically buy the White House.

Look, we have a very lousy system for retraining workers that get disrupted. And, you know, I just don't see anybody that's particularly interested in fixing that. They think it's fixed, but it's not fixed. So, we need a dramatic improvement in the way we train people who get displaced.

I served on the Armed Services Committee for 18 years and we must lead, or the job won't get done, unfortunately, for our country.

When you ask people, do they believe that we ought to have trade, I think people understand it's important.