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Rob Portman

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Rob Portman is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio, a position he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Portman previously represented Ohio's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005. He also served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2006, where he focused on trade policy and international negotiations.

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Nov 29, 2025

Instead, this administration allowed a lack of effective screening of Afghan evacuees to endanger our communities and is now seeking to fast track their citizenship through the upcoming appropriations process.

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Oct 24, 2023

We recommend that to help reverse bird declines the Joint Ventures be allocated $20 million.

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Oct 24, 2023

We recommend that to help reverse bird declines the Joint Ventures be allocated $20 million.

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Oct 23, 2023

We recommend that to help reverse bird declines the Joint Ventures be allocated $20 million.

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Oct 18, 2023

We have got to get back to a system where we are serving the people, and that means agreeing on that objective.

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Oct 18, 2023

That is what we have lost, that art, the art of the deal that was talked about earlier.

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Oct 18, 2023

I think you look historically, that has been the case.

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Dec 8, 2022

OK. Done. So to my colleagues, I have worked with every one of you in one way or another. Thank you for that privilege, and Godspeed as you continue to serve your constituents and continue to carry that torch of freedom forward. Thank you…

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Nov 2, 2022

This is not the time for us to back off. In fact, it's a time for us to redouble our efforts because the Ukrainians have shown through their bravery, their courage on the battlefield, that they are making progress, have made tremendous…

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Sep 27, 2022

These are actually definitions of genocide.

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Sep 27, 2022

What are we doing about it? Well, we are helping the Ukrainians militarily, and I think that has been extremely helpful to the successes we have seen on the battlefield.

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Sep 27, 2022

I think General License 8C is more effective. I understand what you are trying to do with the price cap.

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Sep 27, 2022

I really appreciate you holding this hearing, you and Senator Risch, and your vigilance in ensuring that we can put the squeeze on Russia.

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Sep 13, 2022

Perhaps the most concerning consequence of social media is the ability for our adversaries to exploit platforms to harm Americans for their own geopolitical gain.

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Sep 13, 2022

I wonder if you can give us a commitment today to halting this program indefinitely so as to prevent the platform and bad actors from making money off of child sexual material?

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Sep 13, 2022

We think that all data collected relating to Americans and then accessed in China is a problem.

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Sep 13, 2022

I look forward to getting into this issue of the balance between free speech and the hate speech that leads to violence because it is a line that has to be drawn.

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Sep 13, 2022

We proposed this legislation called the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act to require the largest tech platforms to share data.

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Sep 13, 2022

We have cause for us to legislate more in this area, generally.

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Sep 13, 2022

We all know that the threat of this sexual abuse material is a persistent threat.

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Sep 13, 2022

To solve the problem of transparency we must require platforms to move beyond the black box with legislation like the Platform Transparency and Accountability Act.

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Sep 7, 2022

If he couldn`t do, we will because all we`re talking about is the status quo and frankly it`s a legislative function.

msnbc.com
Aug 24, 2022

One-time debt forgiveness eliminates some of the burden on those who are carrying debt, but it’s unfair to everyone else who will have to pay for it.

msnbc.com
Jul 26, 2022

This brutal invasion, and that is on the energy front.

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