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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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Sep 27, 2022

I think General License 8C is more effective. I understand what you are trying to do with the price cap.

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Sep 20, 2022

I rise today to pay tribute to the life and service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who was laid to rest in Windsor Castle just yesterday. Queen Elizabeth conducted herself with dignity and grace and represented the best of the United…

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Sep 20, 2022

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Markey). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Ohio. Remembering Queen Elizabeth II

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Sep 13, 2022

I wonder if you can give us a commitment today to halting this program indefinitely so as to prevent the platform and bad actors from making money off of child sexual material?

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Sep 13, 2022

To solve the problem of transparency we must require platforms to move beyond the black box with legislation like the Platform Transparency and Accountability Act.

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Sep 13, 2022

Perhaps the most concerning consequence of social media is the ability for our adversaries to exploit platforms to harm Americans for their own geopolitical gain.

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Sep 13, 2022

I thank my colleague from Minnesota who just talked about our recent visit to Ukraine, where we were able to meet with President Zelenskyy and his top officials and see firsthand what you can see on TV. But, frankly, the emotion and just…

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Sep 13, 2022

I look forward to getting into this issue of the balance between free speech and the hate speech that leads to violence because it is a line that has to be drawn.

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Sep 13, 2022

We all know that the threat of this sexual abuse material is a persistent threat.

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Sep 13, 2022

We have cause for us to legislate more in this area, generally.

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Sep 13, 2022

We proposed this legislation called the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act to require the largest tech platforms to share data.

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Sep 13, 2022

We think that all data collected relating to Americans and then accessed in China is a problem.

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Sep 7, 2022

If he couldn`t do, we will because all we`re talking about is the status quo and frankly it`s a legislative function.

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Sep 6, 2022

I have come to the Senate floor again today to talk about the situation in Ukraine--this is the 21st week in a row since we have been in session that I have done so--and to talk about how Ukraine is responding to Russia's brutal and…

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Aug 24, 2022

One-time debt forgiveness eliminates some of the burden on those who are carrying debt, but it’s unfair to everyone else who will have to pay for it.

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Aug 6, 2022

I come to the floor this evening to talk about the partisan reconciliation legislation that is before us tonight. It is named the Inflation Reduction Act, but that is misnamed because, unfortunately, it does not reduce inflation; it…

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Aug 6, 2022

this is a really easy one. Let's trade bureaucracy and more funding in this bill for bureaucracy at the Department of Homeland Security for desperately needed technology along the southern border to stop deadly fentanyl from coming into…

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Aug 4, 2022

I thank my colleague from Ohio, Senator Brown, and I thank him for working with us on this bipartisan legislation that impacts thousands of retirees in our home State of Ohio. In the summer of 2009, as the Federal Government took General…

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Aug 3, 2022

I am on the floor today with Senator Jeanne Shaheen from New Hampshire to join in a colloquy regarding what is happening in Ukraine. This is the 20th time in so many weeks that I have come to the floor to talk about the illegal…

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Aug 3, 2022

I yield back my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.

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Aug 2, 2022

I come to the floor this evening to talk about the Democrats' latest reconciliation proposal. This is the tax-and-spend legislation you have probably heard about. It is called the Inflation Reduction Act, but don't be fooled by the name…

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Jul 26, 2022

this brutal invasion, and that is on the energy front.

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Jul 26, 2022

We have done everything we can to discourage our European allies from using China's telecommunications sector, Huawei and others, because of concerns about what that means for security.

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Jul 26, 2022

I am coming to the floor today to offer a very straightforward, commonsense amendment that is noncontroversial, that has met all of the requirements set out by the Democratic leadership--by the majority leader--by the chair of the…

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Jul 26, 2022

us having a more aggressive and realistic economic aspect to our diplomacy.

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