Judd Gregg: “I have not yielded the floor yet. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire retains the floor.”

It makes no sense to close down nuclear reactors if they still have useful life.

Yes, I do. And it's driven by people being concerned about carbon emissions and global warming, and common sense taking hold.

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.

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.