Judd Gregg: “I think you have to act to show seriousness of purpose as soon as possible.”

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.

The United States is one debt deal away from leading the entire world out of [its] economic doldrums.

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.

There's never been a death at a nuclear power plant as a result of a reactor accident in the United States.