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

I rise today to deliver a very difficult speech. This will be my farewell speech to the Senate. Serving as Nevada's 24th Senator has truly been the greatest professional privilege of my life. Growing up with a single mom in very humble…

We have to have the kind of tax policy because you cannot just cut your way out of this.

But the sooner we make them, maybe a little less painful.

The important thing is getting some of these issues out on the table.