Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH)

As the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee in the 111th Congress, Senator Judd Gregg’s goal is to create and pass a fiscally responsible federal budget so that our nation continues to protect its citizens and borders, while lowering the federal deficit, controlling spending, and ensuring economic stability for future generations.

As Chairman during the first session of the 109th Congress, Senator Gregg was successful in passing the Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Resolution, which met the President’s goal of halving the federal deficit within five years. For the first time since 1997, the 2006 budget resolution contained budget reconciliation instructions to pare back mandatory spending, which will result in savings of nearly $40 billion over five years. In December of 2005, the senate passed the final version of the Deficit Reduction Act, which for the first time in 8 years takes steps to cut entitlement spending and reduces the federal deficit by nearly $40 billion over five years.

Senator Gregg continues to be an outspoken advocate for the need to address the long-term rate of growth of entitlement programs. Mandatory spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs last year represented more than half of all federal spending. Left unchecked, that amount is expected to balloon to two-thirds of the entire federal budget within ten years. Senator Gregg continues to work to strengthen and reform the Social Security program so that it will be financially viable for future generations. He also seeks to ensure that the Medicare and Medicaid programs provide the highest quality care to beneficiaries as efficiently as possible.

Senator Gregg is the first elected official in New Hampshire history to serve the state in each of the following capacities: three terms as United States Senator, 1993- Present; two terms as Governor of New Hampshire, 1989-1993; four terms as United States Representative for New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District, 1981-1989; and one term as Executive Councilor for New Hampshire’s District 5, 1979-1981.

A New Hampshire native, Senator Gregg was born in Nashua on February 14, 1947. He was educated in Nashua public schools, Phillips Exeter Academy (1965), and Columbia University (A.B., 1969). He received his J.D. in 1972 from Boston University Law School and his L.L.M. in tax law in 1975. Upon graduating from law school, he returned to Nashua and became a partner in the law firm of Sullivan, Gregg and Horton. He is married to Kathleen MacLellan Gregg. They have two daughters, Molly and Sarah, and a son, Joshua.

Senator and Mrs. Gregg are residents of Rye, New Hampshire.