Judd Gregg: “I would just suggest that since the Senator from Georgia is here and the Senator from Louisiana is here and I am here…”

Your careers may end happily before the reckoning. Your reelections may not be threatened by your inaction. But your consciences should be.

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.

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

We cannot afford to take nuclear energy for granted.