Judd Gregg: “We cannot afford to take nuclear energy for granted.”

Design the programs. Decide how large the government is going to be. Do a tax reform to finance it.

My experience in these debates, the person who wins is the person who establishes himself with the American people toward the audience, this can be a huge audience, as being one reasonably likable.

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.

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.