Honorable John Ensign
United States Senator, Nevada, Republican
Senator Ensign was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1994 to 1998. He serves on the following committees: Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Rules and Administration; and Homeland Security and Government Affairs. The following is from the February 13, 2009, Senate floor debate on the conference report on H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The scope of this legislation is enormous and endangers our country’s future economic health. Currently, the U.S. debt burden is huge, but it is going to rise to 54 percent of…
