John Ensign: “One of the clarifying points is even if Goldman Sachs did not make it, the executives did.”

We need to design better systems.

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.

Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign is stepping down on May 3.

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…