George Voinovich: “It has been an unfunded mandate and something that you can argue and say that you definitely--it is a Federal…”

It is really triple happiness.

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

The current structure falls short in comparison to a model that provides additional accountability and reasonably insulates the organization from political interference

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.