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.
It is unacceptable to shift this burden to frontline personnel and expect them to be able to manage the consequences of bad decisionmaking here in Washington.
Reports show that the seizures of fentanyl coming across the border have tripled in 2021 compared to 2020.
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio. Safeguarding American Innovation Act
I rise today in strong support of the Safeguarding American Innovation Act. This is legislation that has been included in the substitute amendment to the bill we are working on this week, called the Endless Frontier Act, or as it has now…
We are very concerned, as you know, about what we see in terms of inflation.
let me say that I agree with my colleague from Oklahoma who just talked about the impact of the Federal supplement on unemployment that was passed here in this Chamber and signed into law by the President. It is time to end it because the…
I am here on the floor this afternoon to talk about the economy, how to get it on the right track and particularly how to deal with the jobs crisis we face right now. It is a different kind of crisis than we normally talk about. There are…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Without objection, it is so ordered. Economic Recovery
I am here on the floor to talk about the economy, what is going on, on the jobs front, and where we go from here. Last week, the Department of Labor issued its most recent jobs report. It showed that we added 266,000 jobs in April. That…





