Robert Portman
The Public Record
Well, again that concerns me greatly, not just because it happens to be in Lima, OH, but because again it has this incredible workforce and capability that you can't suspend temporarily.
I talked earlier about what I believe is an important need to have a robust industrial base.
If these loan guarantees don't come through, it means the loss of thousands of jobs in Ohio.
A lot of it comes out of the work that Senator Bingaman and Senator Murkowski have done over the years.
Firms (small and large) would be interested in doing national security work if they were rewarded with sales and profits.
Mr. Odeen, a report recently published by your group, the Defense Business Board, recommended that DOD open a dialogue with defense industry companies to improve understanding between what DOD wants, and how industry can provide a timely…
We need to create incentives for these people (after appropriate security checks) to want to remain in the United States.





