Judd Gregg: “I call up amendments 1144 and 1140 at the desk. I send modifications to those amendments to the desk. I ask that they be…”

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.

I subscribe to Senator Gregg's emphasis on value-based reimbursement. I think we're making progress on Medicare. It's not hopeless.

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

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.