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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 12, 2011

I didn't provide you enough specificity to be able to come up with a score, but you could come up with a score if certain decisions were made on timing?

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Sep 12, 2011

I think all of us are going to be really interested in that information because that goes to all the issues we talked about earlier about a more efficient Tax Code.

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Sep 6, 2011

I rise today to honor the life of Dr. Bernadine Patricia Healy. Dr. Healy was a cardiologist and a pioneer in the field of medical research. Among her many impressive accomplishments, Dr. Healy served as the first female director of the…

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Aug 8, 2011

One name that I've heard on the Republican side, Anderson, from a lot of Republicans in the Senate that keeps coming up is Senator Rob Portman of Ohio.

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Jul 30, 2011

I appreciate the comments of my colleague from Indiana whom I heard a moment ago. I think he is absolutely right. We have deeper and more important problems we need to address, along with the important decisions we make over the next 24…

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Jul 30, 2011

However, again getting back to our earlier discussion, if we simply extend the debt limit and don't deal with the underlying issue of our fiscal problems, what we called earlier the solvency crisis, we will have these same negative…

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Jul 27, 2011

your job is really important to Ohio. This is, I think, a key job for a lot of reasons...

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Jul 26, 2011

We want the money to go to our troops, and we want it to be as efficiently and effectively spent as possible.

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Jul 25, 2011

I just think it is a question to be asked.

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Jul 25, 2011

I think simplification and streamlining, dealing with some of these definitional problems, are really important.

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Jul 11, 2011

I rise to discuss an amendment to the underlying bill. This amendment is designed to give American employers some relief from the regulatory burdens that continue to hold back our economy and hinder job creation. This amendment is actually…

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Jun 29, 2011

Thank you, Madam Chairman, and again, I thank the witnesses for being here today.

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