Former Vice President Dick Cheney said that “everything’s been marvelous ever since” he received a heart transplant one month ago, as he encouraged college students to sign up as organ donors.

“I’m feeling very well,” Cheney said during an event with students at the Washington Center. “I feel a lot of emotion that goes with that frankly,” he added of the transplant. “One is great gratitude to the individual whose family donated the heart that I was privileged to receive . . . I feel better in terms of my overall health than I have in a long time.”