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Editor’s Note This story was first published by the Cincinnati Enquirer, before being distributed by Sen. Rob Portman’s staff. The United States Postal Service is in dire need of help. Last year, Gary Peters and I introduced the Senate version of the Postal Service Reform Act. S.1720 had 26 additional cosponsors equally divided between Democrats […]

The cost of prescription drugs is too high in this country. We know Ohioans are concerned about the cost of living right now, and some of the worst inflation we see, year after year, is drug prices. And often, the culprit is price gouging by big pharmaceutical corporations. It’s why I introduced the Affordable Medications […]

Last week, we announced more good news for Ohio — because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan, we’re making a dramatic, $1 billion new investment in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), to clean up the entire Great Lakes watershed and to support the jobs and businesses that depend on it.  The Lake is one of […]

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, once again urged the Biden administration on Wednesday to take action on the ongoing migrant and drug crisis at the southern border. In addition to the unprecedented number of individuals, children, and families attempting to enter […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12) admonished House Democrats from the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday for advancing yet another partisan “messaging bill” rather than addressing American economic competitiveness. Rep. Balderson’s remarks as delivered on the House Floor: Mister Speaker, I rise today to express my concerns with H.R. 4521. I […]

This month, I joined Senator Portman and leadership from Intel in Columbus to announce that 10,000 good-paying, advanced manufacturing jobs are coming to Ohio.  With this historic announcement, we are finally burying the term “rust belt.” For too long, we’ve had bad trade and tax policy that shipped manufacturing jobs abroad. And we’ve ended up […]

This year, we are finally making progress in our efforts to bring down the cost of prescription drugs for Ohio seniors. We know that too many Ohioans struggle to afford the prescription drugs they need – it’s one of the biggest costs facing so many families, especially seniors on Medicare. Prescription drugs are also often […]

We’ve worked to get Ohio food banks support to keep up with increased demand and changing health recommendations over the past two years. And the expanded Child Tax Credit has meant more money in bank accounts for 92 percent of Ohio kids’ families – and fewer families struggling to feed their children.  But food banks […]