John Ensign: “Let me state this very carefully. We will cooperate with any official inquiries.”

This country is literally headed for a financial crisis that we maybe have never seen.

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

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

to wrap up this debate, let me address, first of all, the whole idea that changing this treaty in any way kills the treaty. Under the Constitution, certainly it is the President's role, the administration's role, to negotiate the treaties…