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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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Mar 28, 2011

Secretary Westphal, what are the average flight hours between reset for the Apache, Kiowa, and Blackhawk platforms?

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Mar 16, 2011

I appreciate being given the time to make a few remarks as a new Senator from Ohio. To be in the Senate, representing the people of Ohio, is a great honor and solemn responsibility, particularly at this critical time in our Nation's…

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Mar 16, 2011

One of the things that underscores our qualifications is she helps to put the 'M' back into OMB.

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Mar 1, 2011

This is a critical part of at least a transition strategy to get us to an energy policy that makes sense.

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Feb 28, 2011

But this relates to the general question that is being raised here: What should the rules be and the guidance be...

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Feb 28, 2011

It is an honor to be here today in my first Subcommittee hearing as your Ranking Member.

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Feb 28, 2011

I think you said in your oral presentation that there were not measurable objectives.

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Feb 28, 2011

GSA needed to think through what it really wanted from this contract, and then it can assess price.

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Feb 28, 2011

We have an enormous fiscal crisis facing the country.

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Feb 28, 2011

I think that after this hearing I would hope that the answer to the Chairman's question would be, yes, we made some errors and we can do better.

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Feb 28, 2011

It does concern us very much, Senator.

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