U.S. Sen. Rob Portman

WASHINGTON D.C. — At a press conference on July 13, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) joined his fellow Senate Republicans in discussing the latest inflation numbers released this morning. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report showed that the consumer price index rose at a 9.1 percent annual rate last month, the highest level of […]

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) released the following statement after the CDC released preliminary data on Nov. 17 showing that drug overdose deaths rose by 28.5% over a 12-month period ending in April 2021, to an estimated 100,306. “Today’s news underscores the devastating effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our efforts […]

WASHINGTON D.C. — People across Ohio know we need to repair and upgrade our nation’s infrastructure – the roads, bridges, railroads, ports, waterways, airports, broadband networks, and more that we rely on every day. In February, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave our nation a ‘C-’ for our infrastructure, with Ohio’s report card reflective […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: U.S. Sen. Rob Portman offered the following op/ed piece for Barron’s magazine on May 24. Current law provides that at least until Labor Day, a supplemental federal payment of $300 per week will continue to be added to state unemployment insurance benefits, nearly doubling the average UI payment, and resulting in more than […]

Senator Rob Portman explains below his call on Congress to take swift action to permanently schedule illicitly manufactured and deadly fentanyl analogues amid a surging epidemic of drug overdoses. Since 2018, this dangerous class of drugs has been labelled as Schedule I substances by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to allow federal law enforcement authorities […]