Voinovich on New START: Political Expediency Should Never Be An Excuse To Rush To Judgment

Conn Carroll / November 17, 2010

First it was Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Then Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). Then Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA). Now Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) has added his name to the rapidly growing list of Senators who believe it is wrong to vote on New START in a lame duck. Highlights of Voinovich’s speech today on the floor include:

• “Political expediency should never be an excuse to rush to judgment on public policy let alone our national security.”
• “I cannot in good conscience determine my support for the Treaty until the Administration assures me our ‘Reset Policy’ with Russia is a policy that enhances rather than diminishes the national security of our friends and allies throughout Europe.”
• “I must receive the strongest assurances this policy does not, once again, amount to the United States leaving our brothers and sisters in the Captive Nations alone against undue pressures from Russia.”

You can read Sen. Voinovich’s full speech below the fold: (more…)