“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordDecember 16, 2009
The trust funds are an accounting device. They do not mean the same thing as Webster's Dictionary.
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George Voinovich
Republican · Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Voinovich critiques the reliability of trust funds in the current financial context.

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