A republic - if you can keep it - is about limitation, and for good reason, because we are mortal and our actions are imperfect.

I just have a heart filled with gratitude for a wonderful family. My wife, Karen, is the love of my life, and she campaigned with me virtually every day of 130-some odd days of the campaign trail, as did our daughter, Charlotte, traveled all over the country with us. But my son, who just got married to his college sweetheart, and our youngest daughter - just am grateful for a family that has supported me in my calling to public service.

Budgets are moral documents. Federal funding should reflect the priorities and the values of the majority of the American people.

I'm going to bring my best efforts and do my very best every day to support our new president's agenda and to hopefully play some small role in making America great again.

And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people.

With regard to Turkey, I have been to Ankara. Turkey is a democracy. We certainly, we certainly, in the future, ought to encourage our ally to live up to their own democratic institutions and their own democratic ideals.

When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities.