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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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Jun 22, 2016

What I am suggesting is that if you are overcharged and you find out about it, you ought to make them good.

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Jun 22, 2016

I appreciate the fact that we have been able to talk about some of these very specific issues that I hear from my constituents about.

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Jun 22, 2016

I would again hold up this bill from Ohio, which is, the bill that I get, my wife, Jane, and I get, and it says, 'taxes, fees, and surcharges.'

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Jun 22, 2016

I want to move to Ms. Mayo with my next round of questions because she is now at Charter and Charter is going to be responsible going forward for what Time Warner's and Charter's customer service procedures are.

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Jun 22, 2016

I will turn to my colleague Senator McCaskill and then to other colleagues here.

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Jun 22, 2016

But, still, you are not providing people the money that they are owed even though you know that they deserve a refund.

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Jun 22, 2016

Forty thousand in Ohio alone, so you are talking about many more thousands of that in other States represented around this panel.

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Jun 22, 2016

I would hope that even though you have made an announcement today you are going to provide customers some relief, that you just simply do what you now have the data to be able to do.

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Jun 22, 2016

Not for those 40,000 families. Not for the family that is getting overcharged.

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Jun 22, 2016

I want to thank Senator McCaskill again for her work on this issue over the years.

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Jun 20, 2016

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:32 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at 10 a.m.

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Jun 6, 2016

I want to express my concern, right now. We need to be sure that those airports are fully vetted and have the proper security screenings in place.

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Jun 6, 2016

We also found that there were 73 individuals employed by the aviation industry who were on terrorist 'watchlists.'

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Jun 6, 2016

Ninety-five percent of the time, TSA was not finding dangerous items.

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Jun 6, 2016

I appreciate that attitude and that approach--and I know that is your personal approach.

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Jun 6, 2016

When I say that, people say to me, 'Are you Rob Portman?'

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Jun 6, 2016

This Committee will be very interested in the results of that test.

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May 25, 2016

I think there is not a sense of urgency here.

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May 25, 2016

ISIS continues to grow. It continues to grow in a lot of respects.

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May 25, 2016

I think it is hard for us to sit here this morning and say that ISIS is, in fact, being contained.

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May 17, 2016

I am looking at a bulletin right now that is on the FBI website. It is tips for dealing with ransomware threat, and yet it is dramatically increasing, as I understand it and as this report says, and I think you confirm that.

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May 16, 2016

If we do not, I think we will see our corporate community and our businesses and jobs continue to go overseas.

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May 16, 2016

My biggest concern right now, frankly, is what is going on with our companies taking their jobs and investment overseas.

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