“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 19, 2012
I was over in the region last week and heard a lot about it publicly and a lot of discussions about their chemical and biological weapons stockpile.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio
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Senator Portman discusses concerns regarding Syria's chemical weapons.

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