Via The Hill:

While he expressed hope of working with the new Republican majority in Congress in some areas, Obama granted that it was likely to produce more legislation he would reject.

“I haven’t used the veto pen very often since I’ve been in office. Now I suspect there are going to be some times where I’ve got to pull that pen out,” he said. “And I’m going to defend gains that we’ve made in healthcare; I’m going to defend gains that we’ve made on environment and clean air and clean water.”

“The fact that we disagree on one thing shouldn’t prohibit us from getting progress on the areas where there’s some overlap,” he added.