Gregg criticizes Obama programs

Discussing the 2009 Budget Conference, U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-Rye) critized Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for purposing new federal programs.

"Speaking of Senator Obama, I am entertained by the fact that this budget, which will have three-fourths of its life under the next President, must asChart used by U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-Rye)sume that the next President will not be Senator Obama," Gregg said on the Senate floor. "Because Senator Obama has proposed $300 billion of new spending in the first year of his presidency. He's proposed 187 new programs. We can only score 143 of them because the others weren't specific enough. But if you scored the 143, they added up to $300 billion of new spending just in the first year."

Gregg also discussed Obama's stance on Social Security.

"I heard Senator Obama on the stump a couple of days ago talking about how he would never allow anything to happen to the Social Security recipient or the Social Security trust fund. You know, it's that type of language that guarantees our children will get a bill here that they can't afford."

Gregg went on to argue that not fixing entitlement programs will negatively impact future generations.

This is not the first time Gregg has criticized Obama.

Earlier this year, Gregg called Obama "Obama-Spend-o-Rama."

"So he's talking about adding dramatically to the debt. It is a spend-o-rama, an 'Obama Spend-o-Rama,' which is going to cause huge problems with the tax," Gregg said in early March.

Gregg is the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee.