I am proud that someone who was born in Ohio is such a dedicated public serviceperson.
George Voinovich
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George Voinovich is a former Republican politician from Ohio who served as the 65th Governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998. He was also a U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1999 to 2011. Voinovich's tenure as governor was marked by efforts to improve the state's economy and education system. As a senator, he focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, national security, and environmental protection. Voinovich was known for his moderate stance within the Republican Party and often sought bipartisan solutions to legislative challenges.
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.
Madam President, I rise today to express my support for the passage of H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. I am pleased that we got cloture on this legislation earlier this week, so we can get a final vote on the bill before…
Mr. President, I rise to speak on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. I will not support General Kagan's nomination. I did not come to this decision lightly. As I said last…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that three law clerks with Senator Cornyn's staff--Amanda DeVuono, Suzanne Brangan, and Walker Hanson--be granted the privileges of the floor for the remainder of this week. The PRESIDING OFFICER…
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…
Mr. President, 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…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 20 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
I was encouraged by how the Department is addressing the great challenge posed by the simultaneous drawdown in Iraq and surge in Afghanistan.
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 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?





