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Too many members of Congress are too involved in grabbing what they can for their states or districts without enough emphasis on overall fiscal restraint for the sake of the nation as a whole. We need a new era of fiscal sanity. I am not willing to subject my children and grandchildren to the level of debt that Congress has created.

John Ensign

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John Ensign
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: March 25
Former United States Senator
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John Eric Ensign
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