Judd Gregg: “I have serious reservations about putting this much money, this quickly, into the Patent and Trademark Office.”

But there is no question that if you are going to address this issue in a way that has substantive impact on the future of our Nation, the prosperity of our children, and our standard of living, it is the second 10 years, and the third 10…

I think in order to get Republican buy-in on further revenues you are going to have to do policy changes in entitlement accounts that bend the curves in the outyear in a very substantial way, and make it clear that those accounts are…

We have to figure out how to do the deal that straightens this out.

To those still in denial, or even advocating steps that would make our debts even higher, please reconsider.