John Ensign

Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign is stepping down on May 3.

This is a very important hearing today and I want to thank all of our witnesses who have taken the time out of their schedules to testify.

S. Res. 85 received the same amount of consideration that a bill to name a post office has. This legislation was hotlined.

The House bill needs to be the floor for what we accomplish out of this process. The House bill isn't nearly enough, and we cannot allow this process to capture a modest improvement in the name of compromise by watering it down to a…

We need to reform our corporate Tax Code.

We have to understand that small businesses do create jobs, and we are going to hurt job creation.

You need to get out there in the real world and talk to folks.

We need to design better systems.

We need to get control of these entitlements for today.

Small business is the engine that drives the economy.

It is much easier to get re-elected when you are giving money away, basically.