On the recordDecember 14, 2010
Madam President, might I just add a word to what the Republican leader has just said. As the Republican whip, it is my job to visit with Senators about their views on issues and votes that are coming up. I didn't always like the answer George Voinovich gave me, but I always knew that, as the leader said, it was a principled response to a question that reflected his well-thought-out and deeply felt views about the role of the government, issues on finance and debt, and generally from his long experience as having been a public leader at the State level, as well as the Federal level. So I join my colleague in paying tribute to an incredible public service career and especially the time I have enjoyed working with Senator Voinovich in the Senate. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Ohio.
