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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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Apr 12, 2016

We need your help on this because we can keep talking about how we want more of this and we want more of that, but nothing is going to happen.

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Apr 12, 2016

I appreciate that. You guys are focused on the right thing, in my view.

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Apr 12, 2016

They are not going great. They are going terribly.

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Apr 12, 2016

I agree the price of heroin is too low and I agree we should be doing more to deal with that, to stop the Fentanyl from coming in, and so on.

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Apr 12, 2016

Let us figure out how to come together.

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Apr 12, 2016

I was embarrassed not to have a better answer for her--and that is what got me involved in this.

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Apr 12, 2016

We spent 2½ weeks on the floor with this legislation, called the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA).

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Apr 11, 2016

I'd like to thank Ohio Senator, Rob Portman, a member of this Committee, for his support and leadership on U.S. innovation.

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Apr 7, 2016

I rise today to urge my colleagues in the House of Representatives to pass the legislation we passed here in the Senate a few weeks ago called the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, or CARA. We passed it on March 10, which was 27…

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Mar 17, 2016

I rise today in support of S. Res. 377, which is a resolution to enforce a subpoena of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which I chair. I will be joined shortly by my colleague Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who is the…

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Mar 17, 2016

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sasse). The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for…

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Mar 17, 2016

I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this resolution and vindicate the authority of Congress to obtain information necessary for sound legislation to protect the most vulnerable among us. We are going to hear shortly from Senator Claire…

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