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He or she may have. and that has proven to be effective in places like indiana and connecticut that have state-based red flag laws. indiana saw a 7% reduction in suicide rates. connecticut 14% after that passage. and considering that two-thirds of gun related deaths were the result of suicide, i think that's smart policy. your question on assault weapons bans, this is political. it's a tough decision. it's a tough question. my personal belief is that we're not there yet from a political standpoint. however, from my scientist position standpoint, i think the evidence is pretty clear if you look...

Which i think at the end of the day, kate, if marco rubio is able to get that, and get on board with that, and not only sort of -- look there's a saying and i'm sure you've heard it so many times from your travels in those hallways up there, just as i have, that smart policy is smart politics and i -- it's not always true but in this case it is. one of the biggest concerns of republicans, certainly one of the criticisms of democrats, is that this bill is for the rich and not going to help people who need it most. the child tax credit if he can up that deduction is something that will help peop...

Again. >> harris: 22%, 23% in terms of that corporate tax cut, rather than a hard and fast 20%, does it matter and what is the take away? >> i think we want to get that rate as low as we can but we need to get this tax relief act out right away. what i'm hoping is we can get as much tax relief into this year as possible and if having that number a little higher allows us to do that, it would be a smart policy. in the end what matters is we cut taxes for americans and modernize the tax code and keep this economy moving. it's a great opportunity, we just need to get it done. >> harris: from the ...

Of time focusing on immigration, specifically legal immigration. a couple republican colleagues proposed a merit based immigration system. what do you see as an impact of this? >> fl's a lot of positions in this country, we have a lot of agriculture in southern delaware folks with landscaping business. they have a hard time getting americans to be willing and able to do the work, to go in and pick fruit and pick other products. our farmers are leaving crops to rot on the field. they ought to have the ability to bring in, if nobody in this country wants to do the work, it's hard work, bring wor...

To move the country forward. it is about the forgotten men and women of the country. >> he has exhibited respect for generals, i am staying with you. >> he put it there for a reason. i think he knows what he is going into and what is on the agenda in terms of what he has to do to move things forward for the country. arthel: you can have the last 20 seconds. >> smart policy is not made in 140 tweets. i have utmost confidence in general kelly and i wish them to be successful. if a four *military general is unable to get the white house in line no one can. arthel: thanks to both of you and see yo...