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I Think There Were Two Messages In Last Year's Election. One Is Pretty Obvious. People Were Mad As Hell At The President [barack Obama] - And Wanted To Send A Message. We All Got That. Our New Members Were Also Hearing, And I Was Hearing As Well, That People Didn't Like The Fact That The Congress Was Dysfunctional. Now They May Have Been Confused About Where The Dysfunctionality Was Cause The President Kept Pointing To The House. Factually, That's Not Accurate. The Dysfunction Was In The Senate.

I'm In Favor Of Doing Tax Reform, But I Think Tax Reform Ought To Be Revenue Neutral As It Was Back During The [ronald] Reagan Years. We've Resolved This Issue.

Given The Scope Of These Programs, It's Understandable That Many Would Be Concerned About Issues Related To Privacy. But What's Difficult To Understand Is The Motivation Of Somebody Who Intentionally Would Seek To Warn The Nation's Enemies Of Lawful Programs Created To Protect The American People. And I Hope That He Is Prosecuted To The Fullest Extent Of The Law.

On The Issue Of Iraq, It Is My Hope, And My Challenge To My Colleagues, That Our Debate Will Be Based On What Is Best For The Future Of Our Nation And For Iraq, Not What's Best For A Political Party Or Presidential Campaign.

I Know How It Feels When You're Coming Into A New Situation, That The Other Guys Won The Election.