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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.

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Jan 24, 2018

We have to get an urgency to this, and we have to deal with it not just about illegal drugs, but everything else that we expect to protect our borders.

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Jan 24, 2018

It is critical information to have.

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Jan 24, 2018

So 20 percent of these packages that are identified as suspicious are still getting through.

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Jan 24, 2018

I appreciate your confidence, and I hope that this hearing helps to focus on that issue

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Jan 24, 2018

We raised it. We raised it in strong terms.

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Jan 24, 2018

I appreciate the fact that in response to Senator Carper's question, the answer almost universally was more funding.

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Jan 24, 2018

To the Chairman's good question about what could the Chinese do, how about prosecuting these two individuals who you all have indicted?

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Jan 24, 2018

We are not coordinating well. We are not doing what we should be doing.

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Jan 24, 2018

Thank you for not just cooperation on the report but your input on the report. You and your staff made this report not just bipartisan but nonpartisan.

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Jan 24, 2018

We are committed to aggressively an increasing AED for packages coming into the United States in order to improve the targeting of illicit drugs and other contraband.

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Jan 24, 2018

They have a growing problem of opioid addiction.

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Jan 24, 2018

So I would just ask you to--especially the Postal Service as we go forward, we are trying to gather support for our bill because if we can stop some of this--I know it is not the only solution.

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