I think these actions are in disregard of WTO rules. I think they are fundamentally disruptive to innovation.
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.
I rise today to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in condemning the Internal Revenue Service for intentionally singling out dozens of nonprofit organizations for no cause other than their political leanings. This is not an…
Like our urban veterans, our rural veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are coping every day with both the visible and the invisible wounds of war.
One of the most important functions that our Federal Government must fulfill, of course, is the care of our veterans.
We want to reform this Tax Code so you do not have to mess with all this stuff.
We are now living with an international Tax Code that is a relic of the 1960s.
I think we deserve answers, not for us, again, but for the American people and those who were subject to this inappropriate targeting.
So it sounds like all the tax planning discussed at the hearing today ultimately resulted last year in nothing more than the same global tax rate as your main foreign competitor.
We have to reform this Code, and if we do not do that, our companies will continue to be uncompetitive.