With big profit margins, that enables Putin to continue to fight this war without the kinds of consequences that I would hope we could put in place.
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.
All of us must condemn these hateful acts, I think you have properly said that we have a role in simply speaking up more and more forcefully.
We got to step up, and that will be a model, as you say, a template for the region.
Well, it sounds like we are not going to have enough gas to replace, as you say, this incredible dependency that they unfortunately developed with Russia.
Any venture, any military operation, across the border into northern Syria... puts the civilian population in the crosshairs.
I think it is difficult for us to get them to help us in terms of isolating him and certainly not developing a normal relationship with him.
I ask unanimous consent that Clara Smith, an intern with Senator Boozman's staff, be granted floor privileges until July 29, 2022. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.





