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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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May 25, 2016

ISIS continues to grow. It continues to grow in a lot of respects.

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May 18, 2016

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Bill

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May 18, 2016

I come to the floor to talk about the heroin and prescription drug epidemic that is gripping my State and the country. I come to talk about the 200,000 people in Ohio who are addicted. I come to talk about the police officers during…

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May 17, 2016

I am looking at a bulletin right now that is on the FBI website. It is tips for dealing with ransomware threat, and yet it is dramatically increasing, as I understand it and as this report says, and I think you confirm that.

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May 16, 2016

We do not want to create disincentives for people to save for their retirement at a time when we need more and more people to be saving.

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May 16, 2016

My biggest concern right now, frankly, is what is going on with our companies taking their jobs and investment overseas.

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May 16, 2016

I rise today to talk about the Zika virus. We will have a vote on this tomorrow. Tonight I wish to speak about the need for us to move forward with emergency funding with regard to this virus. We need to combat it. It is spreading. It…

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May 16, 2016

We have a tax code that is not competitive, and we need to do a number of things to change it, and quickly; otherwise, we will continue to lose jobs and investment.

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May 16, 2016

If we do not, I think we will see our corporate community and our businesses and jobs continue to go overseas.

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May 12, 2016

on March 10, this body, the U.S. Senate, passed legislation to address what is a growing problem in all of our communities, and that is the heroin and prescription drug epidemic. On March 10, this body voted for a comprehensive bill called…

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May 10, 2016

We need to see some of those actions. We need to see, as you say, that message being sent by actual successes.

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May 10, 2016

We have been winning cases. Foreign steel imports have now taken a record 29 percent of the U.S. market share.

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