Political Quotes

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 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

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

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Apr 22, 2021

I appreciate the thoughtful comments from my colleague from Oklahoma of the need for us to have an independent judiciary. I am on the floor to talk about a different issue, and it is the latest, very troubling information that we are…

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Apr 21, 2021

The provisions in your and Senator Brown's bill are the tool chest that America needs to compete.

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Apr 21, 2021

my friend and colleague Senator Manchin from West Virginia and I are on the floor today to talk about this issue of fentanyl. This is a deadly synthetic opioid that is killing more people in our States than any other single drug…

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Apr 21, 2021

I welcome the Vice President, the President of the Senate, to our Chamber this evening. I am here this evening to discuss the infrastructure plan that has been proposed by President Biden and the plan along with it for massive tax…

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Apr 21, 2021

the rapid and retroactive restoration of the exclusion from the section 301 tariffs and the MTB is needed to prevent further job losses.

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Apr 21, 2021

Take concrete steps to level the playing field for American workers.

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Apr 21, 2021

I think we need to find a way so we are not constantly playing Whack-A-Mole as China uses subsidies and over-production to avoid our duties.

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Apr 21, 2021

Our legislation would make it easier for manufacturers to win cases when China moves its factories to new countries.

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Apr 20, 2021

Cambria sincerely thanks Senator Portman and Senator Brown for their meaningful and bipartisan efforts to strengthen and modernize America's trade remedy laws.

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Apr 13, 2021

I have had a great frustration with our Department of Defense in this area, in particular their refusal to issue those long-term contracts, which I never understood.

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