Judd Gregg

Where's the restraint in spending? This budget doubles the debt of the federal government in five years, triples the debt of the federal government in 10 years, runs up obviously massive deficits over this period.

I realize that to withdraw at this point is really unfair in many ways, but to go forward and take this position and then find myself sitting there and not being able to do the job the way it should be done on behalf of the President 100…

For me, I just realized as these issues started to come at us and they started to crystallize that it really wasn't a good fit. And I wouldn't be comfortable doing this and it wouldn't be fair to him to be part of a team and not be able to…

I wish to discuss the Veteran's Health Equity Act, a bill that has been introduced by my friend from the other side of the aisle, Senator Jeanne Shaheen. I am pleased to start the 111th Congress in a bipartisan fashion and to support…

This is an investment by taxpayers which we are going to get back, with interest.

What we really should be focused on is how we improve the economy and basically repair the economy fundamentally.

You are taking and creating a 30-percent tax increase on capital gains. You are saying to the people who are small business people, we are going to increase your taxes from a 35-percent to a 42-percent effective rate.

I think it would be helpful if we used a fair amount of that trillion to address the housing industry, which is what I see to be the core problem.

I think the fact that the administration has not taken that off the table probably undermines the ability to draw in people like Senator Alexander and myself.

He told me in a phone call about 10 days ago that he knows this is not going to be fun and it is not going to be easy, but that it simply must be done.

We are the most cogent entity and we are the biggest economy, and, therefore, we have the responsibility to move forward.

I do not see how your budget does anything other than put us in a position where we get a Nation that our children cannot afford and that is not productive.