Judd Gregg

The United States is one debt deal away from leading the entire world out of [its] economic doldrums.

the first obligation of a national government is national defense, in my opinion.

Design the programs. Decide how large the government is going to be. Do a tax reform to finance it.

But there is no question that if you are going to address this issue in a way that has substantive impact on the future of our Nation, the prosperity of our children, and our standard of living, it is the second 10 years, and the third 10…

I think in order to get Republican buy-in on further revenues you are going to have to do policy changes in entitlement accounts that bend the curves in the outyear in a very substantial way, and make it clear that those accounts are…

I think the appropriate way to approach this is to set the size of the government as a percent of GDP.

I think Dr. Rivlin is absolutely correct on both points, and Simpson-Bowles did the same thing that Domenici-Rivlin did, which was to actually increase benefits to single women over 85, and low-income individuals.

We cannot continue to let health care costs rise faster than our National income.

You know, the United States is one debt deal away from leading the entire world out of economic doldrums.

America is one debt deal away from leading the world out of its economic doldrums.

That is actually why I was so encouraged by the President putting 'change CPI' on the table.

If our goal is to reach a deal, we should not get engaged in this fight.