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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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Dec 8, 2021

I share the concerns of a lot of my constituents in the State of Ohio and communities across the country about the impact PFAS contamination has on their health and the health of their families.

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Dec 8, 2021

I think we should be sharing data, testing results, other information, be more transparent.

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Dec 6, 2021

Ukraine decided to turn to us and to the West and to freedom and democracy, and it was a momentous decision.

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Dec 6, 2021

Senator Risch and I sent a letter last week to the President urging him to show absolute support for Ukraine and to let President Putin know in no uncertain terms that there would be serious consequences.

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Dec 6, 2021

We live in dangerous times, do we not? This is a deadly serious moment in the history of Ukraine and in the history of the region.

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Dec 6, 2021

If there is an invasion, I believe that Russia will not face anything like the same Ukrainian resistance it did in 2014.

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Dec 6, 2021

I agree with that and I think it would be a grave mistake if Putin were to decide to invade again.

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Dec 6, 2021

I know that President Biden spoke with President Putin on this subject today and I look forward to getting the readout from that.

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Dec 2, 2021

If you`re focused on the tweets and not focused on actually accomplishing what people are looking to have happened for them and their family, you know, I think you are getting out of touch with the American people.

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Dec 1, 2021

I have appreciated the testimony this morning, and I have looked at the background of all three of our candidates.

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Nov 29, 2021

I just look at this, and I think, all of you respect your 3PAOs.

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Nov 29, 2021

I am a fan of FedRAMP. I have been with the program for 4 years. It has continually evolved and gotten better.

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Nov 29, 2021

You could have a panel of various auditors in essence.

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Nov 29, 2021

I do think that this risk is only going to increase, as was said.

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Nov 29, 2021

This is about security. It is not about auditing your books.

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Nov 29, 2021

I appreciate your personal involvement in this.

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Nov 29, 2021

I have also spoken to the FBI director about this and made sure that we are doing everything we can from the law enforcement point of view to resolve this issue.

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Nov 16, 2021

We need to make a point that this poison is coming in in record numbers, despite all of your good efforts.

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Nov 16, 2021

The more drugs that are getting on the streets, in our communities, at a lower price.

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Nov 16, 2021

It is an enormous amount of fentanyl, 9,000 pounds. But do you, Mr. Jeronimo, have a sense as to what we are missing?

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Nov 16, 2021

There is clearly a crisis at the border.

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Nov 16, 2021

I thank you for what your officers are doing on the ground and in foreign countries.

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Nov 16, 2021

We have to provide more resources for technology and for people, and we should.

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Nov 15, 2021

This long term investment in our nation`s capital assets will grow the economy because of that efficiency and productivity. It will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs. It`ll make us more competitive against countries like China who…

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Nov 15, 2021

You've heard President Biden say this infrastructure bill will be signed today is going to have a positive impact on every single American. And that's true. This is true today. It'll be true for decades to come. And I want to congratulate…

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