Judd Gregg: “We are the most cogent entity and we are the biggest economy, and, therefore, we have the responsibility to move…”

If our goal is to reach a deal, we should not get engaged in this fight.

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

the policies behind getting these numbers under control are extremely difficult politically, because they involve very tough decisions.

It makes no sense whatsoever, and it's apparently--certainly makes no sense for the same people to be urgently arguing to deal with climate change and then either quiet or urgently opposed to nuclear power.