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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 10, 2016

Yes, again, we are facing a real crisis in Ohio right now on steel.

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May 10, 2016

If we have that, we will be okay. But that means that, on the front lines, we have to continue to not just enforce current law, but enforce this new law, what we gave you in the new tools.

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Apr 28, 2016

I rise today to talk about an issue that affects not only retirees in Ohio, but retirees all around the country. Let me start by saying that if hundreds of thousands of retirees were getting the Social Security benefits they had worked for…

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Apr 26, 2016

I rise today to speak on behalf of the one in three Ohioans who knows somebody who is struggling with addiction to heroin or prescription drugs. I rise today on behalf of the over 5,000 Americans who have lost their lives to a prescription…

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Apr 26, 2016

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cornyn). Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Apr 26, 2016

first, to the majority whip, I thank him for his comments on the Zika virus. He is absolutely right to raise awareness of that issue. It is a great concern. In Ohio we happen to have some military assets that have been used in the past for…

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Apr 25, 2016

We just need a little political will to do so.

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Apr 25, 2016

If we do nothing, we are going to continue to see that loss of workers.

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Apr 25, 2016

Every single day, these companies are competing with one hand tied behind their back.

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Apr 25, 2016

that glimmer of hope may well be overtaken by the politics of the moment.

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Apr 21, 2016

today I wish to honor the 100th anniversary of the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont, OH. On May 30, 1916, COL Webb Hayes, son of President Rutherford B. Hayes, made his father's papers and artifacts available to the public…

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Apr 21, 2016

First, Madam President, I want to thank my colleague from Rhode Island who just spoke. We did work together for the past few years in putting together this legislation, and we did it, by the way, with the House of Representatives. So…

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