Ensign Quotes

Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: / That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! / All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. - Bible

Without the president leading the way to try to show specifics to bring us a package (of spending cuts) forward, I don't know that we'll have a chance of success. - John Ensign

Why should the American taxpayer not be paid back if the taxpayer in France, if the taxpayer in Germany, if the taxpayer in Russia -- countries that were not willing to support us when we were doing what was right in the world -- why should those taxpayers be paid back and not the taxpayers of America? - John Ensign

Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway? - John Ensign

We're talking with the consultant to make sure we understand how he collected the samples and how he presented the information. Beyond that, we're also talking to Ensign-Bickford and looking at the sampling sites and evaluating additional sampling that we could do to provide information that would be helpful to the community. - Dianne Nielson

We're not taking anything off the table. - John Ensign

We know what we did was right and fine and within ethics rules, and we wanted a stamp of approval from the Ethics Committee. - John Ensign

We as a Congress, need to get a better handle on the money being spent. We have an obligation to those affected by the hurricane as well as to those Americans we are asking to help pay the costs of relief. - John Ensign