George Voinovich: “One of the things that I must say that too often here we talk about the money to buy things, but we neglect the fact…”

I am grateful to Senator Akaka for calling this hearing.

I rise today to speak on the late Senator Stevens as we prepare to travel to Arlington Cemetery to lay Senator Stevens to rest. Today, Janet's and my thoughts and prayers are with the Stevens family and the others who died, were injured…

We still believe that identifying long-term funding for all of the reform efforts would help, especially as the money becomes tighter and congressional decisionmakers such as yourself have to prioritize.

So often people get lost in the shuffle here, and I have several cases here, I mean, unbelievable situations where people have been out there delayed.