Judd Gregg: “It is only 11:25. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota has the remainder of the time.”

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

A lot of that economic growth was driven by a bubble, and I don't really think we want to revisit that.

Had it been actually a legislative vehicle versus a commission, we probably would be out of the woods right now on our deficit and debt issues.

The classic example of this is ObamaCare. It was pushed through on a partisan vote.