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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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Feb 13, 2018

We had a system, of course, where jobs and investment were incentivized to go overseas, which is crazy.

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Feb 13, 2018

This tax code that previously was in place made no sense for Ohio workers and American workers.

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Feb 13, 2018

I think it is time for us to back up and take a look.

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Feb 13, 2018

I do think that the IRS is under-resourced.

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Feb 13, 2018

I think it is fair to say. We appreciate you working with us on it.

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Feb 13, 2018

Walmart is paying people more. They are raising their minimum wage, their entry level.

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Feb 8, 2018

I come before you today to talk about the historic tax reform legislation that was passed in the U.S. Congress and signed into law by the President at the end of the year and talk about what we learned since then, even in the last week. We…

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Feb 6, 2018

the Chinese government has been very cooperative in that.

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Feb 6, 2018

we need to pass the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act.

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Feb 6, 2018

Thank you for pushing the Chinese more on helping to stop this at the source.

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Jan 30, 2018

today I want to talk about the opioid epidemic that has gripped our country and my State of Ohio and talk a little about a report we issued last week with regard to synthetic opioids coming in through the U.S. mail system. This tragedy has…

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Jan 24, 2018

if we have a government that thinks that this advanced electronic data could target counterfeit goods, a fake purse is more important than stopping a poison coming into our communities, I think we have a problem of priorities.

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