Judd Gregg

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

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.

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…

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.

We have to figure out how to do the deal that straightens this out.

To get this done, you are going to have to have compromise--compromise on both sides of the aisle.

The Simpson-Bowles Commission...came to the conclusion that on our present path this Nation goes bankrupt.

The biggest threat to this Nation after the potential of a terrorist using a weapon of mass destruction is our financial health.

I remain hopeful that we will come up with a serious and credible plan to face up to our long-term deficits and debt.

The key difficulty facing the Congress now, I think, is to legislate or in other ways lock in future deficit reduction.

The path that we are on simply is not sustainable as a Nation.