U.S. Senator Judd Gregg
Producing Results for New Hampshire

In November 2004, U.S. Senator Judd Gregg was re-elected to a third term in the United States Senate, receiving the second highest number of votes in any election in New Hampshire history.   

                 The 111th Congress provides Senator Gregg a number of key leadership and committee positions that give him an influential voice in national affairs, including serving as both the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and as Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies.  Senator Gregg remains a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee where he served as Chairman from 2003 through 2005.  He also retains his position on the Senate Appropriations Committee with seats on the Commerce, Justice and Science;  Interior; Defense; Labor-Health-Education; and Homeland Security Subcommittees.  Through these positions, Senator Gregg impacts the national debate on such vital issues as overseeing the federal budget, homeland security and national defense, education, international affairs, law enforcement, Social Security, and health care.  

                 Senator Gregg’s accomplishments include promoting responsible federal spending; supporting policies that promote strong economic growth in New Hampshire and throughout the nation; working to secure our homeland and defend our nation against terrorism locally and nationally; increasing America’s energy independence; improving the quality of and access to health care for all Americans; and protecting New Hampshire’s environment.   

                 As the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Gregg continues to emphasize the critical importance of a fiscally responsible federal budget -- one that will fund U.S. defense and homeland security needs while controlling overall federal spending, so that future generations can inherit a government they can afford. Senator Gregg will work with other leaders in Congress to aggressively reduce the size of our federal budget deficit while addressing the rate of growth of entitlements.  In addition to these responsibilities, and knowing that millions of Americans rely on Social Security, Senator Gregg remains deeply involved in efforts to save the program.  He previously served as Bipartisan Co-Chair of the National Commission on Retirement Policy, Co-Chair of the Senate Republican Task Force on Social Security, and Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee Task Force on Social Security.  In past Congresses, he introduced a landmark bipartisan proposal to save Social Security for the next 100 years without raising taxes and to move us closer to solving this core public policy problem.  

                 As the Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies, Senator Gregg has a prominent role in formulating U.S. foreign policy.  The Subcommittee is involved in shaping U.S. foreign policy through its oversight of international affairs budgets and in assessing and prioritizing national security interests overseas.  Senator Gregg will work to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated strategic plan for the foreign affairs budget to produce the greatest benefits worldwide for our country. 

                 As the former Chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Gregg continued the work he began while serving as Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science.  Senator Gregg helped to ensure that state and local jurisdictions have the ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.  He also focused on providing up-to-date technology and resources to local law enforcement officials to ensure the safety of communities throughout the country.  Senator Gregg also led the charge in boosting federal funding for border security and stopping illegal immigration, which has resulted in aggressive increases in the number of Border Patrol agents, detention beds, physical fencing and vehicle barriers, as well as other critical resources along the U.S.-Mexico border.  While previously overseeing the Commerce Department, and particularly the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, he has promoted a careful balance between environmental and commercial concerns to preserve the almost limitless yield from our most important renewable resource, the oceans.  Senator Gregg has also secured federal funds through NOAA for innovative scientific and environmental research initiatives, including: the Mount Washington Observatory Weather Discovery Center; the University of New Hampshire Aquaculture program; the UNH Hydrographic Center; the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology; and the Seacoast Science Center Interpretive Exhibits in marine biology and aquaculture.  

                 As the former Chairman and current member of the Senate HELP Committee, Senator Gregg led efforts to author and pass the No Child Left Behind law, which focuses public education on making sure children are learning, and the reauthorization of our nation’s special education law.  He has also worked on groundbreaking bioterrorism legislation; and initiatives to increase access to generic drugs and provide health care to more Americans.  As former Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Gregg fought to focus our nation’s education system on making sure children are learning at appropriate grade levels, and to give parents a tangible way to measure their children’s progress.  As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Gregg has played a lead role in providing historic levels of federal funding for public education.  From Fiscal Year 2001 to Fiscal Year 2004, Senator Gregg was instrumental in pushing for a significant 32% increase in federal funding for New Hampshire, from $18.4 billion to $24.2 billion.  Senator Gregg continues to be a leader in working for significant increases in special education funding as well as substantial changes to the program’s often burdensome rules and regulations.  Congress has approved a measure authored by Senator Gregg, that reduces the bureaucracy and paperwork faced by special education teachers; improves parental involvement; improves discipline; and increases accountability.  In the area of special education funding, Senator Gregg has worked with President Bush and leaders in Congress to commit more to IDEA in four years with the Bush administration than all eight years under the Clinton administration.  Federal funding for special education in New Hampshire has grown from $27 million in Fiscal Year 2001 to $42 million in Fiscal Year 2004, an increase of 53% or $15 million.  

                 Senator Gregg continues to strongly support New Hampshire’s higher education community.  He has worked with many New Hampshire educational institutions to develop and further programs that have made these schools stand out as leaders.  In addition, Senator Gregg has returned over $500 million to New Hampshire colleges and universities, including the University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State College, Southern New Hampshire University, Dartmouth College, Franklin Pierce College, Saint Anselm College, and others. 

                 Senator Gregg’s numerous conservation efforts include preserving and protecting many environmentally-sensitive areas, including: the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters land formerly owned by International Paper; Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge; the Great Bay Estuarine Research Reserve; Trout Pond; 13 Mile Woods; Moose Mountain; and conservation lands surrounding Lake Tarleton.  Other key environmental initiatives include, co-authoring a bill to designate segments of the Lamprey River as part of the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers System; allocating funds to New Hampshire from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the State Wildlife Grants program; and securing funds to add the Pondicherry Wildlife Preserve to the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge.  In addition, Senator Gregg was the original co-sponsor of the New England Wilderness Act of 2006, which permanently protects an additional 34,500 acres of land in the White Mountain National Forest in the Sandwich Range and the Wild River areas by designating the acreage as “wilderness.” 

                 In recognition of Senator Gregg’s outstanding record on the environment, many environmental leaders have applauded his efforts, including the NH Timberland Owners Association, the Trust for Public Lands, the Nature Conservancy, the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, the NH Audubon Society, the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership, the Seacoast Land Trust, the Lamprey River Advisory Committee and the Southern NH Resource Conservation and Development District.   The NH Sierra Club honored Senator Gregg by naming him as a Champion of Clean Air. 

                 Senator Gregg has brought millions of dollars to the Granite State for law enforcement initiatives, including advanced communications upgrades for law enforcement personnel across the state, initiatives to reduce gang-related crime along the Massachusetts border, and programs to improve the ability of North Country fire and rescue personnel to fulfill training requirements in a less-expensive and time-consuming manner.  In Berlin, he also has secured more than $230 million in federal funding for a new medium-security federal prison, which is one of the largest public works projects in the state’s history and will create hundreds of well paying jobs. 

                 Judd Gregg has the unique honor of being 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 Beach, New Hampshire. 

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