John Ensign: “Universal service reform is an incredibly complex issue, yet it is a very important one for policymakers to understand.”

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.

We need to design better systems.

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…

Previously, he announced he wouldn't seek re-election in 2012 following revelations he had an affair with an aide's wife.