John Ensign: “I appreciate this hearing. Hopefully we'll be able to move his nomination process as quickly as possible.”

The debt that you are talking about, the interest on the debt, you have said that is unsustainable.

We need to get control of these entitlements for today.

It is much easier to get re-elected when you are giving money away, basically.

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