Judd Gregg: “at this point we are ready to go to the Vitter amendment. Is the Senator from North Dakota ready?”

I subscribe to Senator Gregg's emphasis on value-based reimbursement. I think we're making progress on Medicare. It's not hopeless.

the budget process is dysfunctional. That's a generous term for it.

Meeting state and national carbon reduction goals will be compromised without existing nuclear power plants.

I think Simpson-Bowles got it right on this point. We reduced deductions and exemptions so that we generated $1.1 trillion of revenue every year.