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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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Jun 27, 2016

This will continue that and accelerate it.

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Jun 27, 2016

I am concerned about it, and I am concerned about it for some of the reasons that have been stated already.

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Jun 27, 2016

Fentanyl is an example; it is a big problem right now around the country.

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Jun 23, 2016

today I wish to honor an American hero, a former marine, a former astronaut, a former U.S. Senator, and a friend, John Glenn. I also wish to celebrate renaming Port Columbus International Airport, Port Columbus, the John Glenn Columbus…

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Jun 23, 2016

I rise to join my colleague from the other side of the aisle, Senator Brown, who came to the floor earlier to congratulate Mayor Andy Ginther of Columbus, OH, and the people of Columbus, OH, and Central Ohio for a big victory this week. We…

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Jun 23, 2016

today I wish to recognize Columbus Metropolitan Library, CML, and its Main Library in downtown Columbus. This week, the CML Main Library will celebrate its third major opening since being dedicated on April 4, 1907. It has recently…

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Jun 22, 2016

I will turn to my colleague Senator McCaskill and then to other colleagues here.

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Jun 22, 2016

Forty thousand in Ohio alone, so you are talking about many more thousands of that in other States represented around this panel.

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Jun 22, 2016

Not for those 40,000 families. Not for the family that is getting overcharged.

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Jun 22, 2016

I would again hold up this bill from Ohio, which is, the bill that I get, my wife, Jane, and I get, and it says, 'taxes, fees, and surcharges.'

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Jun 22, 2016

But, still, you are not providing people the money that they are owed even though you know that they deserve a refund.

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Jun 22, 2016

I rise today to talk about the heroin and prescription drug epidemic that is tearing families apart and devastating communities in every one of the States represented in this Chamber. I rise today for the 10th time since this body, the…

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