Rob Portman

It is about U.S. companies not being able to be as successful as they could be because when they try to grow, they are constrained because foreign entities can pay a higher price for that company.

We need to reform the Tax Code sooner rather than later.

Senator Portman's recent proposal with Senator Schumer provides a strong, bipartisan road map on the international piece of tax reform.

We also want to use this Subcommittee to build a foundation for policy.

We actually led a Subcommittee on Oversight in the last Congress.

We are going to be rooting out some private wrongdoing that warrants a public response.

She is a former State auditor and a prosecutor all in one, so she is very effective at oversight.

I fear America will fall behind economically.

Our Tax Code is broken. Our Tax Code needs to be fixed.

I want to begin by thanking Claire McCaskill.

This is a unique organization, this Subcommittee.

Thank you, Senator McCaskill.

If there is a villain in this story, it is the U.S. Tax Code.

There is no place I would rather be, but I want to thank my colleague from North Dakota for giving me the chance to speak

I think anybody who cares about the Affordable Care Act should be concerned about this policy, because it allows people to continue receiving subsidies without HHS making a serious attempt to verify eligibility.

The amount of confusion this is causing people who legitimately are trying to get a subsidy is unbelievable.

Clearly a control gap. Self-attestation is a policy that they have.

The Regulatory Accountability Act is also legislation we introduced in the last Congress.

Congress can impose taxes on people, but so can the agencies, really, because it is much the same thing in terms of the costs for businesses.

I think you need help, as you know, and I think you need legislation.

We would like to work with Senator Carper.

Taxpayers are amazed by the fact that the Federal Government, the biggest landowner in America, still has about 78,000 Federal properties that are considered to be vacant or underutilized, costing taxpayers about $1.6 billion every year…

We just adopted an amendment that puts this Senate squarely in opposition to currency manipulation. Now the question is whether we have the courage of our convictions. The only difference between the amendment we just voted and the one we…

Shutting down the pill mills.

It is actually a jobs bill, and it will create more activity.