Rob Portman

We do not have any domestic-owned or domestic-controlled enrichment process in the country now because we have shut down Piketon.

The Obama Administration, toward the end of its term, pulled the plug on the new generation of enrichment.

Let's not pull the plug on the barter until we have the appropriations.

I appreciate you making good on your promise which was made during the confirmation process.

And to me that is the most exciting part of this bill, and we have yet to see all the benefits of that and won't for many years, but it ultimately will make the biggest difference for my constituents, I believe.

Which means the tax reform will actually end up reducing the deficit relative to what it would have been.

I would hope that you would take a look at that, because it is something that is actually working out there at a time when we need more help than ever.

I frankly do not think Congress is going to go along with it. If they do, I am going to fight against it.

We have an example of one, by the way, that works which I am concerned that your budget is going to make less effective, and that is the Drug Free Communities Act.

I would say that the $267 million, which was unprecedented, that we appropriated for this fiscal year is a relatively small amount compared to the $10-billion issue.

I think it is time for us to back up and take a look.

I do think that the IRS is under-resourced.

Walmart is paying people more. They are raising their minimum wage, their entry level.

More than 350 companies have now made decisions to invest in equipment, buildings, and employees.

Of course, in addition to tax cuts that are going directly to these families, because of the changes on the business side, the international side--I talked about some of the pro-growth elements.

I want to thank you and the IRS for moving quickly with regard to the withholding tables.

This tax code that previously was in place made no sense for Ohio workers and American workers.

We had a system, of course, where jobs and investment were incentivized to go overseas, which is crazy.

I think it is fair to say. We appreciate you working with us on it.

We need to pass the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act.

Thank you for pushing the Chinese more on helping to stop this at the source.

The Chinese government has been very cooperative in that.

I appreciate your confidence, and I hope that this hearing helps to focus on that issue

If we have a government that thinks that this advanced electronic data could target counterfeit goods, a fake purse is more important than stopping a poison coming into our communities, I think we have a problem of priorities.

We raised it. We raised it in strong terms.