Thomas Perez on Homeland Security

ObamaCare has failed; repeal will lift the burden

TRUMP: (VIDEO CLIP) It will be repealed and replaced. It will be essentially simultaneously. It will be various segments, but will most likely be on the same day or the same week. (END VIDEO CLIP)

Q: Replacing is a lot more complicated than repealing, especially how do you pay for some of the provisions of ObamaCare you want to keep, like the pre-existing conditions? Can you really do the two at the same time?

PENCE: The short answer is yes. We can do it at the same time.

Q: So, realistically, when could you do that?

PENCE: Lifting the enormous burden--you are seeing an incredible increase in premiums on Americans. ObamaCare has failed. We are going to repeal it. But at the same time, we're going to pass the kind of legislation that will lower the cost of health coverage without growing the size of debt. I would anticipate in the first 100 days that we'll deliver on that promise.

DOL helped reduce veteran unemployment from 8.7% to 4.3%

In addition to our own hiring efforts, the rest of the economy has figured out that veterans are great employees as well. The unemployment rate for veterans has fallen to 4.3%, from a high of 8.7% during the recession, and even "Gulf War Era II" veterans, or Post 9/11 veterans, have seen their unemployment rate come below the rest of the civilian population at 5.0%. We certainly can't take credit for all of that wonderful progress, but DOL helps more than a million veterans every year, and in 2014, we helped more than 150,000 veterans through our Jobs for Veterans State Grants program alone. We also helped more than 17,000 formerly homeless veterans find employment in 2014, with an average starting wage of almost $12 an hour.