Honorable George Voinovich
United States Senator, Ohio, Republican
Senator Voinovich was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1998. He served as governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998. The following is excerpted from Senator Voinovich’s August 3, 2010, remarks during debate on confirmation of Judge Elena Kagan to 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 August during the debate on Justice Sotomayor, the role of the Senate in the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice is to give its advice and consent on the president’s nomination, with the Senate to…
