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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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Apr 28, 2021

Social Security is facing insolvency, as we know.

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Apr 28, 2021

the integrity workload is definitely what we want to be investing in

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Apr 28, 2021

the bottom line is, all of us want to be sure the Social Security benefits are there.

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Apr 28, 2021

During my questioning, I discussed how critical it is to ensure that the Social Security trust funds remain solvent.

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Apr 28, 2021

It sounds like the COVID-19 experience at Social Security has taught us a lot of lessons.

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Apr 28, 2021

I would like to start by thanking my colleague from Wyoming and my colleague from Iowa for their comments about where we are as a country 100 days into the Biden administration. It has been discouraging that we haven't seen more bipartisan…

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Apr 26, 2021

I continue to work with Senator Bennet on carbon capture through our Carbon Capture Improvement Act.

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Apr 26, 2021

We have 45Q, which is the tax credit which we just extended for an additional 2 years.

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Apr 26, 2021

I just worry it becomes a safe haven for terrorists again.

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Apr 26, 2021

I think carbon capture is absolutely critical.

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Apr 26, 2021

I know there have been casualties and there have been fatalities, but do think that pulling out on an arbitrary date, not conditions based at all and not providing any sense of continued support for the intelligence community to be able to…

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Apr 26, 2021

carbon capture is critically important going forward, because we are going to continue to have forms of energy that do contain some carbon emissions.

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