Senator Al Franken On Healthcare, Testimony In The Russia Probe, His New Book & More (Full)

PERMANENTLY FOR HIM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
WE'LL GET RIGHT TO OUR BIG INTERVIEW.
WE HAVE SENATOR AL FRANKEN, DEMOCRAT OF MINNESOTA AND A
MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
HE'S AUTHOR OF "AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE."
WELCOME BACK TO 30 ROCK, YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME I THINK IN
MANY REGARDS. >> WELL, I ENJOY BEING ON MSNBC
AND I DO RECALL BEING HERE FOR 15 SEASONS WITH "SNL."
YEAH. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO
THE WHITE HOUSE SHAKEUP. DO YOU THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY
THAT THIS IS PART OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY FROM
CERTAIN FACETS OF WASHINGTON? HE SAID HE RAN AS AN OUTSIDER.
HE'S GOING TO BRING IN OUTSIDERS.
BECAUSE THIS GRAND EXPERIMENT OF WORKING WITH POLITICAL INSIDERS
IN WASHINGTON DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE WORKED.
>> HE WAS WORKING WITH POLITICAL INSIDERS, NOT SO MUCH, BUT SOME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. I MEAN I RESPECT GENERAL KELLY,
I VOTED FOR HIM FOR HOMELAND SECURITY, AND HE'S GOT -- HE'LL
STILL BE -- IT ALL COMES FROM THE TOP.
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IN MY OFFICE ANYWAY.
>> I'M SURE IT APPLIES THERE. HOW ABOUT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI,
HOW DOES HE FIT INTO THIS OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY MENTALITY?
CAN YOU AT LEAST UNDERSTAND WHY THE PRESIDENT MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT
HIM IN AFTER ALL? BASICALLY THIS IS A GUY, HE'S
PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, RIGHT?
HE'S DONATED TO THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN, DONATED TO THE OBAMA
CAMPAIGN, SO THIS IS AN OUTSIDER.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW --
>> WAY OUTSIDE? >> IT DEPENDS WHAT KIND OF
OUTSIDER YOU BRING IN. SO FAR I HAVEN'T FOUND HIM
IMPRESSIVE. THE REMARKS HE MADE TO RYAN
LIZZA AT THE "NEW YORKER," YOU KNOW, HE'S HEAD OF THE WHITE
HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION AND HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT IF YOU
TALK TO A REPORTER AND HE WANTS IT TO BE OFF THE RECORD, YOU SAY
THIS IS OFF THE RECORD, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU CAN SAY THE THINGS
HE SAID, IF YOU DON'T CARE IF THAT REPORTER RESPECTS YOU OR
NOT AFTER GOING FURTHER. BUT THAT'S CRAZY.
THIS IS THE HEAD OF WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS DIDN'T
KNOW THAT YOU -- AND THEN HE SAID THAT STUFF.
>> BUT THERE WAS SO MANY WHO TRIED TO EITHER DEFEND HIM OR AT
LEAST PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT. I REMEMBER SARAH HUCKABEE
SANDERS SAYING IN A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER THAT
PROFANITY-LACED TIRADE, SHE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
GUY WHO'S GOT STRONG OPINIONS AND HE'S OUTSPOKEN AND THAT SORT
OF THING. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE
WHO TRY TO PUT HIM INTO CONTEXT THAT WAY?
>> YOU CAN EXPRESS STRONG OPINIONS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THOSE, I THINK, ARE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE HEAD OFF
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY
KNOWS IT. >> OKAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT JEFF SESSIONS HERE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PRESIDENT FIRES HIM, BECAUSE THERE IS A
THEORY THAT HAS BEEN FLOATED, THIS BY FORMER WHITE HOUSE
SECRETARY DANA PERINO. >> REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES
THAT CAME TO JEFF SESSIONS' DEFENSE THIS WEEK ALL SAID BUT
HE'S DOING THE BEST ON THE ISSUE WE CARE ABOUT THE MOST AND
THAT'S IMMIGRATION. WHERE CAN JEFF SESSIONS DO EVEN
MORE AS IMMIGRATION? AS THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND
SECURITY. SO I THINK THAT WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO TRY TO DO -- SESSIONS OVER TO DHS --
>> YAHTZEE. >> AND HOW CAN THE CONSERVATIVES
COMPLAIN? AND THEN YOU HAVE A NEW A.G. HE
THINKS CAN THEN FIRE MUELLER. >> I'VE GOT TO SAY THIS IDEA OF
MOVING SESSIONS OVER TO DHS WAS ANOTHER IDEA FLOATED TO ME BY
JEREMY PETERS ON MY BROADCAST, SAVING THE PART ABOUT FIRING
MUELLER. THAT PART WAS NOT DISCUSSED.
BUT HOW DO YOU THINK DEMOCRATS WOULD RESPOND --
>> SAVING THAT PART. >> YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN FOR SURE. BUT IN TERMS OF MOVING HIM, HOW
WOULD DEMOCRATS RESPOND IF SESSIONS MOVES FROM A.G. TO DHS?
>> I THINK THIS WHOLE IDEA -- LOOK, I HAVE REAL PROBLEMS WITH
JEFF SESSIONS. I VOTED AGAINST HIM FOR A.G.
HE RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS OF MINE NOT TRUTHFULLY.
I HAVE REAL, REAL PROBLEMS AND I THINK HE NEEDS TO COME BEFORE
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. >> AGAIN?
>> YEAH. ONCE, SINCE IT'S HIS
CONFIRMATION HEARING, IT WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
THOSE STATEMENTS THAT HE MADE -- HE SAID HE HAD NOT HAD
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE RUSSIANS AND IT TURNED OUT HE DID.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A COLLECTIVE AMNESIA ON RUSSIANS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
SO HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF IN THAT.
ALL THAT SAID, THIS IDEA OF GETTING HIM OUT OF THE WAY SO
THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN FIRE MUELLER IS SOMETHING THAT I
THINK WOULD, IF THE PRESIDENT GOES THROUGH WITH THAT, WOULD
CREATE A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. >> SO DO YOU WANT TO ASK HIM
ABOUT THAT? THAT EXCHANGE WITH YOU DURING
HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING WAS PRETTY TENSE.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO ASK HIM NOW?
BECAUSE YOU WANT HIM BACK. >> I WANT TO ASK WHY HE DIDN'T
CORRECT HIMSELF. HE SAID -- I ASKED HIM -- HE
DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION. I ASKED HIM ESSENTIALLY WOULD HE
RECUSE HIMSELF IF IT TURNED OUT THAT MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP TEAM
HAD HAD CONTACT WITH THE RUSSIANS DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
AND INSTEAD OF ANSWERING MY QUESTION, HE SAID THAT I DIDN'T
HAVE CONTACT WITH RUSSIANS DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
THEN IT TURNED OUT SEVEN WEEKS LATER IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE
DID WITH KISLYAK AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAD A THIRD
MEETING. AND THAT'S WHEN HE RECUSED
HIMSELF. HE DIDN'T RECUSE HIMSELF UNTIL
THEN. HE HAS SAID SOME CONTRADICTORY
THINGS ABOUT THAT. I WANT HIM BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
AND I WANT TO ASK HIM ABOUT WHY HE DIDN'T -- HE KNEW HE HAD MET
WITH KISLYAK. HE COULD HAVE CREATED --
CORRECTED HIMSELF ANY TIME BEFORE IT WAS "THE WASHINGTON
POST" REVEALED IT. >> WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, THOUGH, I
FORGOT, HOW DO YOU COMBAT THAT? >> WELL, HE DIDN'T FORGET.
HE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, HE SAID ON SECOND THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE
HAD MORE PATIENCE AND JUST SAID, OH, YEAH, I MET WITH KISLYAK.
WELL, THAT MEANT HE REMEMBERED. AND NOW HE JUST TALKS AROUND IT
BY SAYING I NEVER HAD CONTACT WITH RUSSIANS DURING THE
CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN INTERFERING WITH THE CAMPAIGN.
SO HE'S CHANGED HIS STORY. I WANT HIM IN FRONT OF OUR
COMMITTEE. AND SO DOES -- SO DOES CHAIRMAN
GRASSLEY, MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROBABLY.
>> DO YOU THINK JEFF SESSIONS IS A GOOD MAN WHO DESERVES BETTER,
OR DO YOU THINK HE IS NOT A GOOD MAN BUT WERE THE PRESIDENT TO
FIRE HIM, THEN THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE GOING TOO FAR REMOVING
HIM FROM A.G.? >> I'M NOT GOING TO -- ONLY GOD
CAN MAKE THAT JUDGMENT. BUT I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK --
IF THE PRESIDENT FIRES HIM IN ORDER TO CLEAR THE WAY TO FIRING
THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, THAT EITHER WILL CREATE A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OR WE WILL IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE JUST
PASS A NEW SPECIAL PROSECUTOR LAW AND PUT MUELLER BACK IN, I
WOULD THINK. >> WITH REGARD TO THE SUBPOENAS
ISSUED BY THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO PAUL MANAFORT AND
DONALD TRUMP JR. TO COME AND APPEAR, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THAT. WHAT'S THE STATUS THERE?
>> WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY ISSUED A SUBPOENA FOR DONALD JUNIOR, BUT
WE'VE BEEN TALKINGALKING TO BOT. THEY ARE GOING TO TESTIFY TO
MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO HAVE DOCUMENTS, THEY'RE COOPERATING ON PROVIDING
DOCUMENTS. BUT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AND I
FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BOTH TESTIFY PUBLICLY BEFORE A
JUDICIARY. >> TO HEAR WHAT QUESTIONS FROM
YOU? >> I WANT TO HEAR, OH, DID YOU
MEET WITH ANY OTHER RUSSIANS? BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS
COLLECTIVE AMNESIA AMONG MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THE
TRUMP FAMILY. YOU KNOW, THE REASON I FEEL SO
STRONGLY ABOUT THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR IS THAT MUELLER IS
INCREDIBLY WELL RESPECTED. I BELIEVE HE'S GOING TO GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THIS. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES.
SO I'M NOT PREJUDGING THIS, BUT THIS IS PART OF OUR JOB AS A
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CERTAINLY. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
FEEL THE WAY YOU DO ABOUT BOB MUELLER, BUT HE HAS TAKEN A LOT
OF HEAT FOR LEAKING INFORMATION THAT HE WANTED MADE PUBLIC.
WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THAT? >> I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.
>> WELL, IT IS ALLEGED, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS,
CORRECT, THAT HE LEAKED INFORMATION TO A REPORTER SO
THAT IT WOULD GET OUT THERE AFTER HE HAD LEFT THE OFFICE AS
FBI DIRECTOR. >> THAT'S COMEY.
>> COMEY, YES, I'M SORRY. I MEANT TO SAY COMEY.
>> OH, OH. >> BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
MUELLER. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
MUELLER. BUT MUELLER REPLACING COMEY.
WITH COMEY, HE'S A GUY WHO ALSO WAS A TITAN IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, F FIRSTF ALL, HE DIDN'T LEAK ANYTHING, HE
GAVE SOME INFORMATION -- YOU DON'T LEAK STUFF THAT ISN'T
CLASSIFIED. SO HE JUST GAVE IT TO A FRIEND
WHO GAVE IT TO SOME REPORTERS BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HAD SAID
HE BETTER HOPE THERE'S BEEN NO TAPE RECORDINGS OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS, WHICH IS HIS -- WHICH IS TRUMP'S WAY OF SAYING
WHAT HE SAID IS FALSE AND WHAT HE GAVE TO A FRIEND WERE
CONTEMPORANEOUS NOTES. AND CONTEMPORANEOUS NOTES ARE
VERY COMMONLY ACCEPTED IN COURT AS RELIABLE TESTIMONY.
SO THAT'S ALL HE DID. HE DIDN'T LEAK ANY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT THE TRUMP FAMILY,
BECAUSE WE ALL GOT TO HEAR FROM JARED KUSHNER EARLIER THIS WEEK.
DO YOU TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD? DO YOU THINK THERE'S NO MORE
THERE, THERE? >> NO, I MEAN -- NO.
HE HAS HAD TO REFILE HIS DISCLOSURE FORM A NUMBER OF
TIMES. I'VE WRITTEN A LETTER ASKING FOR
AT LEAST TO SUSPEND HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE.
I THINK -- WHO KNOWS, THIS MAY COME DOWN TO WHAT DID THE
PRESIDENT KNOW AND WHEN DID HIS SON-IN-LAW TELL HIM.
>> HOW DO YOU FIND THAT OUT? >> WELL, WE HAVE THIS GUY, BOB
MUELLER. >> AND THE EXPECTATIONS --
>> AND HE'LL FIND THAT OUT. WHAT HAPPENS VERY OFTEN IS THAT
PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES ALONG THE WAY, EITHER IN THE COVER-UP OR
HAD BEFORE AND THEY PLEA BARGAIN.
PART OF THAT IS YOU GET INFORMATION OUT.N OUT.
THAT'S HOW IT NORMALLY HAPPENS. NOW, I'M NOT PREJUDGING THIS AT
ALL. I'M SAYING THAT WE SHOULD BE --
THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN
WAY ON SHORING UP THE EXCHANGES, MAKING THE EXCHANGES IN THE ACA
STRONGER, BRINGING DOWN HEALTH CARE COSTS, BRINGING DOWN --
ESPECIALLY PHARMACEUTICAL COSTS. EVERYONE KNOWS THEY HAVE SPIKED.
THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING THOSE DOWN.
I HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE BILL TO DO THAT.
WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT IN REGULAR ORDER.
IN THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSION COMMITTEE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CHAIRMAN ALEXANDER AND ALL MY
OTHER REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES. >> DO YOU THINK THE FAILURE TO
REPEAL AND REPLACE COULD ACTUALLY HEPARINS IN THE LONG
RUN IN SOME FACTOR? THE FACT THAT THEIR POLICY, SUCH
AS IT WAS, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC APPROVAL?
>> YEAH. IT DEPENDS WHICH POLL YOU'RE
LOOKING AT. BUT IT WAS 17%.
THERE WERE SOME AT 12%. LOOK, THEY HAD SEVEN PLUS YEARS
TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGY TO REPEAL AND REPLACE.
EVERYTHING THEY PROPOSED WAS TERRIBLE.
EVERYTHING THEY PROPOSED TOOK INSURANCE AWAY FROM MILLIONS AND
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND RAISED COSTS.
IT MAY BE THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO THEM THAT SENATORS
COLLINS, MURKOWSKI AND McCAIN VOTED AGAINST IT.
>> DID YOU KNOW WHAT McCAIN WAS GOING TO DO?
WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THAT? >> I WASN'T SURPRISED IN THE
MOMENT. I WAS WATCHING BODY LANGUAGE.
THERE SEEMED TO TO BE A MOMENTN THE VICE PRESIDENT LEFT THE
FLOOR. YOU MAY REMEMBER IN THE LAST
VOTE, HE PRESIDED OVER THAT WHOLE VOTE.
AND WHEN HE LEFT THE FLOOR, I FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A
NICE MOMENT, THOUGH. >> WHY DO YOU THINK HE DID THAT?
>> WELL, WHEN HE GAVE HIS SPEECH AFTER -- I MEAN HERE'S A GUY WHO
WAS JUST DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER.
HE FLIES IN TO TAKE A VOTE. AFTER THE VOTE SAYS, LOOK, WE
SHOULD PROBABLY DO THIS IN REGULAR ORDER.
I'M NOT HAPPY WITH ANYTHING I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW.
I'LL VOTE NO AGAINST WHAT I'M SEEING.
SO IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE.
YOU KNOW, HE DID SAY WE SHOULD GO TO REGULAR ORDER.
THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD GET THINGS DONE HERE.
AND I COULD SEE SOMEONE WHO GAVE THAT SAME SPEECH VOTING NO THEN.
BUT HE GAVE HIS COLLEAGUES, HIS REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES A CHANCE
TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING. AND EVERYTHING THEY CAME UP WITH
WAS JUST DREADFUL. AND THIS THING WAS HARDLY COULD
EVEN BE CALLED THE BILL. SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT HE
VOTED NO. I THINK THAT SENATOR COLLINS AND
SENATOR MURKOWSKI BOTH DESERVE TREMENDOUS CREDIT BECAUSE THEY
WERE STAUNCH. >> THEY DID NOT WAVER.
>> AND SENATOR MURKOWSKI RECEIVED SOME PRESSURE THAT I
THINK -- SHE'S NOT A TRANSACTIONAL SENATOR.
SHE IS HERE TRYING TO MAKE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY.
I HAVE TREMENDOUMENDOUS RESPECT LISA MURKOWSKI AND FOR SENATOR
COLLINS, BUT I THINK THEY -- THEY COULDN'T HAVE PLAYED IT
WORSE WITH HER PROBABLY. >> THERE ARE A FEW NEW BOOKS
OUT. YOU HAVE ONE WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT, BUT HILLARY CLINTON HAS ONE AS WELL.
AND HERS IS CALLED "WHAT HAPPENED."
IT'S ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED?
THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT SHORTLY, THAT BOOK, BUT WHAT DO
YOU THINK HAPPENED? >> WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHY --
BEFORE IT COMES OUT, THERE COULD BE A QUESTION MARK AFTER THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A BETTER TITLE.
WELL, I THINK A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED AND I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT POLLING WAS SUCH AND I BELIEVE
THAT SHE FELT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO WIN.
I EVEN THINK DONALD TRUMP THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO WIN.
AND I THINK THEY PLAYED IT SAFE AND THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD -- ALL
THEY HAD TO DO WAS KEEP TALKING ABOUT TRUMP AND THEY'D WIN.
I DO THINK THAT THE COMEY DECISION 11 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION AND I DO THINK THAT THE RUSSIAN HACKING BUT NOT JUST THE
HACKING BUT THEN RELEASING ALL THIS -- THIS IS WHERE FAKE NEWS
CAME FROM IN THE CYCLE OF FAKE NEWS WAS, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND
TROLLS FROM RUSSIA PUTTING OUT FAKE NEWS.
SO, YEAH, THE PODESTA E-MAILS ARE LEAKED, BUT WAS THERE
ANYTHING REALLY DAMAGING IN THEM?
NO. BUT THEY MADE FAKE THINGS LIKE
THEY PUT OUT IN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT HILLARY
CLINTON AND HER CAMPAIGN MANAGER HAD A CHILD SEX RING UNDER A
PIZZA PLACE. >> THAT WAS SHOCKING.
THAT WAS CRAZY. >> WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT
THAT IS SHOCKING. THAT'S TERRIBLE THAT SHE WOULD
HAVE A CHILD SEX RING BELOW A PIZZA THING.
>> IT WAS SHOCKING THAT IT WAS SAID.
>> I KNOW THAT. BUT THIS GOT INTO -- THEY WERE
VERY -- THEY USED VERY SOPHISTICATED KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE
TO SEND THIS OUT, THIS NEWS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS IN THIS INVESTIGATION, THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION IS,
IT'S A QUESTION, WHETHER THERE WAS COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIANS IN TERMS OF THE DATA ABOUT WHERE
TO SEND THIS. >> I'M SO EXCITED TO READ THIS
BOOK, "AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE."
WHAT CAN I MOST LOOK FORWARD TO BESIDES LAUGHING, WHICH I HAVE
DONE VERY HEARTILY THUS FAR. >> WELL, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO
DECIDE FOR YOURSELF AFTER YOU READ IT WHETHER I IN FACT AM A
GIANT OF THE SENATE. IT BASICALLY ANSWERS SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING.
MAYBE THE QUESTION I GET ASKED MOST IS BEING A SENATOR AS MUCH
FUN AS WORKING ON "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
AND THE ANSWER, OF COURSE, IS NO.
NO, WHY SHOULD IT BE? BUT IT'S STILL THE BEST JOB I'VE
EVER HAD BECAUSE YOU GET TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHICH HAS EXPANDED COVERAGE
AND CARE FOR OVER 20 MILLION
PEOPLE. WE HAVE SOME WEAKNESSES IN IT
THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS ALL ALONG BUT COULDN'T GET OUR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO DO IT. I NOW LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE
TO DO THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME HOW YOU
MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN THIS BUILDING ON
THE 17th FLOOR AND ON THE 8th FLOOR AND NOW I'M HERE TALKING
TO YOU ON THE 3rd FLOOR AS A SENATOR, HOW I MADE THAT
TRANSITION. AND THEN I TALK ABOUT MY
COLLEAGUES. AND I HAVE GREAT FRIENDSHIPS --
LINDSEY GRAHAM, GREAT GUY, VERY FUNNY.
WHEN HE WAS RUNNING 15th OUT OF 17th IN THE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARIES, I SAID TO HIM, LINDSEY, IF I WERE A REPUBLICAN
I'D VOTE FOR YOU IN THE PRIMARIES, AND HE SAID THAT'S MY
PROBLEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO TALK WITH YOU.
SO MUCH FUN AS WELL. >> LOVELY TALKING TO YOU.
>> THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BE AWESOME ON THE PLANE TODAY,
THANK YOU. >> IT'S A GREAT PLANE RIDE.
ANYBODY TRAVELING ANYWHERE, GET THAT FOR THE PLANE

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