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Rob Portman: “I would suggest you come up with that number. I know it is not easy, but it is probably 40 percent of your workforce…”

On the recordMay 20, 2013
I would suggest you come up with that number. I know it is not easy, but it is probably 40 percent of your workforce, something like that, in the United States, and it is a huge boon to us.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman emphasizes the importance of overseas sales for U.S. job creation.

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