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Rob Portman: “If we have that, we will be okay. But that means that, on the front lines, we have to continue to not just enforce…”

On the recordMay 10, 2016
If we have that, we will be okay. But that means that, on the front lines, we have to continue to not just enforce current law, but enforce this new law, what we gave you in the new tools.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Stresses the importance of enforcing trade laws for a level playing field.

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