George Voinovich: “There has to be some kind of meeting of the minds if we expect to get it done.”

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

It is an American tragedy, in my view. And I am sure it is not consistent with the intent of Congress.

He would be a good one, if we can convince him.

I rise today to express my opposition to the moratorium on earmarks that has been proposed by many of my colleagues. We have done a lot of crusading around here against these so-called earmarks, or congressionally directed spending items…