Judd Gregg: “I don't believe there is opposition. The Senator from Missouri is ready to go and then we go to the Senator from…”

I happen to think that if you're going to do budgets and you're going to pass budgets on a partisan basis, the budget becomes irrelevant.

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

In the end, you have to pay the debt ceiling because otherwise the government can't function, and the effect of that would be catastrophic.

Our Nation's nuclear power plants are vital national assets that provide reliable, carbon-free electricity.