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Rob Portman: If we are not selling to the 95 percent of the world outside of our borders, we are letting our people down.

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
If we are not selling to the 95 percent of the world outside of our borders, we are letting our people down.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Senator Portman emphasizes the importance of international markets for American jobs.

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