Rob Portman
The Public Record
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.
I am going to continue to be impatient because I think it is so critical to get this in place and get it right.
I think it can work. I am not against having even more accountability in it, but this was a bipartisan process.
Congress should appropriate funding for the Council at the President's request of $10 million.
We applaud Senator Portman and Senator McCaskill's letter urging the President to quickly appoint an Executive Director.
Chairman Portman, your work and leadership along with Senator McCaskill on the Federal Permitting Improvement Act demonstrated a steadfast commitment to cutting red tape in order to get much needed infrastructure projects moving forward.
The passage of FAST-41 was a bipartisan achievement, led by Senators Portman and McCaskill.
I hope two years from now I will be back here with you, Senator Portman, to have a hearing talking about the successes we have had with FAST-41.





