George Voinovich: “I sincerely believe that your Agency is the right one to handle this initiative.”

I would like to say, again, thank you very, very much for the good work that you have done.

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

My hope is that enough progress would have been made on this that you all could say that this is off the high-risk list.

I rise today to discuss the challenges America faces in our relationship with Russia and their implications on the Senate's consideration of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START. A number of my colleagues on both sides…