Rob Portman

I hear this in Ohio constantly, that these companies are competing with companies in Japan and Germany.

I appreciate your willingness to hold a hearing and also your personal commitment to this issue from the start.

I just want to thank Senator Shaheen. We have worked on this for three and a half, maybe four years now.

As Senator Portman noted our 2013 analysis also found that this bill would support about 190,000 jobs by 2030.

Senator Shaheen has been a stalwart. Frankly, both of us have had to work with both of our caucuses on moving this forward because it is a consensus bill.

Let's produce more but let's also use what we produce more efficiently.

The Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2015 (S. 256), sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Rob Portman would amend the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's definition of homelessness.

I am for eliminating it, because I see in my home State of Ohio the impact it has had.

The NAM also supports action on the 'American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2015' by Senators Rob Portman, Claire McCaskill, Pat Toomey, and Richard Burr.

I specifically mentioned the various points that relate to progress on human rights.

I do think this is a critical part of the overall package.

We do that because this TPA agreement will deal with more than TPP.

Using trade is our best opportunity to accelerate those democratic reforms.

We also have to be sure imports are not illegally traded and they are fairly traded.

We want more stuff stamped 'Made in America.'

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the provisions of H. Con. Res. 32. There being no objection, the Senate, at 4:24 a.m., adjourned until Monday, April 13, 2015…

Shows that one-off solutions instead of tax reform simply won't work. . . . The need for reform is urgent, and it's not a Republican or Democrat thing, it's non-partisan.

It may create some disincentives for companies to go overseas with the IP.

This notion that we are not losing companies and headquarters and so on--it is happening.

That is just not good policy. We should not be doing that. That is incentivizing increasing purchase prices.

I think there is a good deal of consensus here. We have heard a lot of consensus from the table here, including a lower rate.

That puts us at a substantial disadvantage.

It is time for Congress to promote economic growth and enhance opportunities for the American people by enacting tax reform that, without increasing the deficit, reduces the U.S. corporate tax rate, broadens the tax base, and establishes a…

I know how frustrating it is not to get legislation that you have spent so much time and effort on through this crazy process here in Washington.

It is really important for Ohio. We have got, as you know, lots of sportsmen and women in Ohio, hunters and fishermen and a lot of them do not have access to private land.