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On the recordOctober 5, 2009
I said in the past, I recommended him for jobs, just like I have recommended a lot of people. But we absolutely did nothing except for comply exactly with what the ethics laws and the ethics rules of the Senate state.
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John Ensign

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Senator Ensign defends his actions regarding recommending jobs for his former mistress' husband, asserting compliance with ethics laws.

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