Judd Gregg: “Didn't we say we were saving the surplus for Social Security? Didn't the President in the State of the Union say 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.

I would suggest that on issues that involve all Americans, where pretty much everybody is affected, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and tax reform, that if you push forward in a partisan way, at least 50 percent, maybe a little less…

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

There's never been a death at a nuclear power plant as a result of a reactor accident in the United States.