George Voinovich: “Could you not work that out with John Berry and say, 'John, we have to give him your insight in terms of the kind of…”

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

DERA is one of the most cost-effective clean air Federal programs and it does indeed provide an economic and health benefit of some $13 for every dollar of moneys that are spent.

Your heart goes out to these people.

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…