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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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May 16, 2011

I think the President made some good comments over the weekend. I was somewhat encouraged by what he said about extending leases in the Gulf.

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May 16, 2011

I think in her comments, she indicated that shallow drilling is off by about 50 percent since the moratorium.

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May 12, 2011

today I honor Ronald E. Weinberg, chair of the Cleveland State University board of trustees and a principal with Weinberg & Bell Group, a Cleveland-based private equity firm, as he is honored by Cleveland State University with its…

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May 12, 2011

I rise today to honor 349 high school seniors in 10 northeast Ohio counties for their commendable decision to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces. Of these 349 seniors from 116 high schools in 104 towns and cities, 98 will enter the Army, 134…

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May 11, 2011

There are a lot of issues including political issues that aren't science based.

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May 11, 2011

Those of us, including Senator Manchin and myself, who are interested in this technology and want to move it forward.

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May 11, 2011

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to the panelists here.

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May 9, 2011

We had a mutually assured destruction approach that really has dissolved now.

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May 9, 2011

Now the threat in some respects is much more difficult because it's more diffuse, and of course includes chemical and biological weapons, as well as radiological and nuclear weapons.

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May 9, 2011

I don't think I've ever heard an agency head say, including in my time at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), that a 5 percent reduction in spending was not a cut.

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May 9, 2011

Clearly, since the Cold War our approach has had to change with regard to the issues you deal with every day.

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