John Ensign

We should not prevent people from enjoying these recreational areas all year long.

I would encourage you to not completely go away from what you've been doing, but maybe try to strike just some balance there.

One of the things that Congress does, in our oversight role, is to make sure that there isn't fraud, there isn't abuse going on in these especially massive programs.

I don't think it's a good idea for the government to compete with the private sector.

Now there are allegations that Ensign helped the mistress's husband get a lobbying job.

In June, the Nevada Republican admitted he'd had an affair with a staffer and that his family paid her and her family off.

According to Politico, Senator Ensign raised just under $33,000 between July and September.

Now there are allegations Ensign helped his mistress's husband get a lobbying job.

Senator Ensign's sex scandal is hurting his campaign's fundraising.

When you're the Republicans, and you're trying to change the conversation, when you don't need any more negativity than there already is around you want to redirect the message of your party, you don't want to be talking about Ensign.

Let me state this very carefully. We will cooperate with any official inquiries.

We are going to cooperate with any official inquiry. But as you all know, you can't comment on any of those things.