John Ensign: “We have to have the kind of tax policy because you cannot just cut your way out of this.”

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

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

You need to get out there in the real world and talk to folks.

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…