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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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Oct 31, 2013

today I wish to honor a friend and fellow Cincinnatian, Judge S. Arthur Spiegel, on the occasion of his 94th birthday and would also like to recognize him for his service to our community and our Nation. On April 5, 1980, Judge Spiegel was…

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Oct 30, 2013

If it is going to take another 10 years because we are doing more pilots and more research and so on, that is unacceptable.

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Oct 30, 2013

I appreciate your holding the hearing, and I think it has been constructive because we have raised obviously a lot of troubling issues.

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Oct 30, 2013

My time is up, and I apologize, Mr. Chairman. I just think we have to have some answers on this because if we do not fix this problem--the initial clearances is incredibly important.

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Oct 29, 2013

today I wish to honor the 100th anniversary of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus. The center promotes physical, intellectual, and spiritual wellness for the 6,500 members across Central Ohio. Joseph Schonthal, an immigrant…

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Oct 29, 2013

I rise to talk about an opportunity-- actually something good that this body could do for the American people and for our economy and for the taxpayers. Tomorrow, the Senate budget conference that was established as part of this recent…

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Oct 10, 2013

I just listened to my colleague from Michigan talking about the need to reopen the government and the need to deal with the debt. Of course, I agree with that, as do my colleagues on this side of the aisle. We also heard discussion about…

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Oct 4, 2013

I wish to ask my friend from Mississippi a question. He has been stalwart on budget debates and he is a guy who has always held the line, in the House and in the Senate. He voted for the Budget Control Act because he believes we need to…

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Oct 4, 2013

We find ourselves here in Washington with the government shutdown in place and a debt limit approaching, and I read this morning in the newspaper that a senior White House official has said with regard to the shutdown, ``We are winning…

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Oct 4, 2013

The Senator raises an important point, which is that the larger part of the budget--the 65 percent of the budget that is not being debated as part of a continuing resolution, not subject to congressional appropriations and the faster…

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Oct 4, 2013

if the Senator will hold for a moment, first, I thank the Senator for referring to the op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. I have not seen it yet so I look forward to reading it myself. It sounds as though it is consistent with what I was…

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