George Voinovich

The way to get the job done is to pass a bill now. Urgent. Get it done.

How do we communicate not only across the Federal family but down with our State and local colleagues?

I really think that it is important, as we move along, again, that some decision be made about who is the communicator to the public.

I was just thinking that with this pandemic in the offing, it would be something that would incent us to really get into this whole teleworking thing.

Agencies must ensure that their plans are up to date and operationally sound.

We always appreciate the opportunity to appear before you.

I think it was an excellent statement, and anything I would say would probably just be redundant.

I thought she did a pretty good job.

I think that Senator Akaka, in his last question, has raised a real issue here.

Strong planning is just the first step.

We must do all we can to protect our communities from this threat.

Greater transparency should help allay some of these concerns and, of course, the better information that we have, the better decisions that we are able to make.

I firmly believe that EPA should be working with the best science and that the agency's analysis and decisions should be undertaken in a balanced and transparent process.

I am concerned about the lack of significant funding for this system because the Department's waiver authority to bring new countries in to the visa waiver program is linked to the creation of a biometric air exit system.

I think that we are lucky to have someone like you with experience and background who is interested in continuing to serve our country.

The importance of interoperable communications.

I would like to suggest to you that those scorecards were a great idea, and I would hope that you might revisit that program.

I think there ought to be some money so that you can implement it and we do not end up, as I say, in limbo with our visa waiver program expansion.

When you are confirmed, you will oversee efforts to develop and implement a biometric entry and exit system, which Congress has been calling for since the PATRIOT Act was enacted back in 2001 and which the 9/11 Commission called an…

Can we get a commitment from you that you are going to get the regulations done on 4(f) that we got done in the last highway bill, pronto?

I hope you can convince the Administration that without a gas tax increase, we cannot do what we need to do.

I am also hopeful that you will have the courage to stand up and influence the Administration to understand that if we are going to do the job that we need to do in terms of our service transportation in this Country, we are going to have…

This undertaking of looking at the future of NASA, I think it would be very important for you to share with the folks that are doing this that, many of us are very happy with the 10 healthy center concept.

In other words, you're dealing on a professional basis, with scientists, and the foreign policy thing hasn't entered into those negotiations? You feel that they're being fair and above-board?

Recently I was in Brussels and heard Sergiev Levrov, the Russian Foreign Minister give a speech, and I was quite concerned about the tone of this speech.