Judd Gregg: “The Senator is going to speak as if in morning business, I believe, but on the bill.”

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

Without the 99 nuclear power plants that operate in 30 States, carbon emissions from the U.S. electric sector would be approximately 25 percent higher.

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.