George Voinovich

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

If we do not give you the resources to get the job done, how can you do it?

Well, as I said, it would give me comfort to know that they have had a role of looking at this and have signed off and said, 'That is a way to get the job done,' and then you would agree on, well, let us agree on whether we are getting it…

Yes. If they would just take that little piece and do it and just say, 'Yes, we think this is good, or if you have got to change, work it out and then come back.'

When we talked to Mr. Borras this morning, I indicated to him that it would be good if you would look at it and comment on whether you think it makes sense in order to deal with the acquisition problem.

the creation of DHS was the largest public sector reorganization, perhaps in history.

I really have appreciated the wonderful relationship our office has had with GAO over the years.

Thank you for your work and pass the word on that the Senator from Ohio is really happy.

One of the things that I have pointed out to folks around here, particularly the media, is that they are not aware of some of the really good things that are happening in the U.S. Senate in various committees and how chairmen and ranking…

I am proud that someone who was born in Ohio is such a dedicated public serviceperson.

I would like to thank you for holding this hearing today on the nomination of Ms. Raffinan to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court.

I rise today to express my support for the passage of H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. Things are more challenging now for our Nation than at any time during my life. Americans are worried about our Nation's future and their…

I will not support General Kagan's nomination. I did not come to this decision lightly. ... I have determined General Kagan at this time does not meet the criteria for membership on our Nation's highest Court.

I come to the floor today to support the Oil Spill Response Improvement Act of 2010. It is a bill that seeks to directly deal with one of the most serious issues facing our country today in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon incident…

Meanwhile, the Gulf of Mexico is now under a revised moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling imposed by President Obama and the Department of Interior. This moratorium jeopardizes 30 percent of this Nation's domestic oil production and…

I would really like to know from the time that former Under Secretary of Defense Ken Krieg was involved just what we have accomplished.

I think in the whole Department of Homeland Security, for example, the question was, are they moving forward, are they making progress, in integrating the Department's functions?

The American people finally are realizing that last year, out of every dollar we spent, we borrowed 41 cents.

Yes, and the other thing I am interested in knowing if you are not able to hit your targets, is it because you are not getting the budget support that you are supposed to be getting from the Department, or are we doing something over here…

There is going to be a lot more scrutiny about what you are doing, how efficient you are, what are you doing with your budget.

I would encourage you to get together a little bit more and try to dot the ``i''s and cross the ``t''s and move ahead.

I was encouraged by how the Department is addressing the great challenge posed by the simultaneous drawdown in Iraq and surge in Afghanistan.

I think we would recommend any budget USEPA promulgates for an emissions sector would not change for at least 10 years, and then only if USEPA demonstrates that additional controls are technically achievable and cost effective.

If Congress passes a climate bill then industry knows with greater certainty what the future holds.

We can alleviate these concerns by properly coordinating the compliance obligations for the electric power sector while giving the industry a predictable compliance road map over the next 10 to 20 years.