George Voinovich: “The bill is a product of months of hard work by the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Subcommittee on…”

“The bill is a product of months of hard work by the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. I thank those Senators and staff members whose efforts have brought us where we are today. First, I thank Ellen Stein, Rich Worthington, and Karen Bachman of my staff for their dedicated effort on this bill. The number of hours they put in on this is unbelievable. I also thank my chairman, Bob Smith, and his staff for all their efforts in making this bill a reality, particularly in the very difficult negotiations on the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. As most successful bills in the Senate--and I am learning this pretty quickly as a new Member of the Senate--ours has been a product of bipartisanship.”