George Voinovich: “I found the alarming snapshot of information about mercury levels to be vague and potentially misleading.”

I rise today to say farewell to the Senate after 12 years. I would like to take time to convey my heartfelt thanks to all of those who have helped me during my time in the Senate and to reflect briefly on the work we were able to get done…

This is an issue that Senator Akaka and I have been working on a long time.

My champion on this project is a friend of many in this chamber, George Voinovich.

I believe many of these experts remain concerned, as do I, that a failure to ratify the treaty would be exploited by those factions in Russia who wish to revert back to our Cold War posture. Such a failure could easily be used by those…