Rob Portman

I think Putin miscalculated.

Everything makes him mad.

Penetrating the Kremlin's information firewall, it seems to me, is a critical step here to allow the Russian people to know the truth.

It is not really a concern to me that there is some disagreement in the Administration because all it requires is for the President and his team to decide this is the way we are going to go.

It will be too late otherwise.

We have got to do more, both in terms of military assistance and in terms of sanctions

By June 24, it may be too late.

I think the pandemic has taught us once again that we have to examine the effectiveness of our biosecurity posture.

We have seen here on the floor of the Senate lots of back-and-forth and partisanship. I made the assertion earlier that I see colleagues on both sides of the aisle being unified on this. I certainly feel that way with my Republican…

So this is a huge reason why we need to figure out, as a Congress, how to get back on this issue.

That was a 28½-percent increase in overdose deaths. That is really heartbreaking, because we had made great progress in 2018 and 2019.

This is why we have to continue the reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid--and Medicaid particularly--for substance abuse.

Finally, I want to acknowledge someone who is in the Chamber tonight. I want to acknowledge her dedicated service. This is one of my senior staff members, who is moving to Richmond, VA, to join the new Virginia Governor's administration…

One serious concern we have, of course, is the possibility of more cyberattacks against the United States in response to the United States doing things like applying sanctions, which many of us believe are necessary, particularly should…

It is an opportunity to get our Federal house in order, to be able to secure some of this grant funding.

The Chinese intelligence program was doing exactly what we just heard with regard to taking U.S. Government-sponsored research back to China.

This allows us to legislate much more productively, get things done in the health care space, and it is critical for respecting, in my view, the religious and ethical and moral beliefs of so many Americans.

I agree with former Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers, and many other economists who said at the time, a year ago, that adding that kind of stimulus at a time when the economy was growing... would cause inflation that would be…

The Hyde Amendment, as you know, has longstanding bipartisan agreement not to allow Federal taxpayer dollars to be used for abortions.

It seems to me that more stimulus is not the way to go but instead for us to figure out how to get inflation down by expanding our economic growth.

As a percent of our gross domestic product (GDP), our debt continues to grow, which is very concerning to me.

Deficit reduction. Nobody wants to talk about it much anymore, but it is incredibly important.

Would you be committed to expanding it and would you be committed to deepening existing relationships?

I am the co-author of what is called the Israel Relations Normalization Act, which is now law.

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