Honorable John Portman
United States Representative, Ohio, Republican
Representative Portman was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993. He served as Associate White House Counsel in 1989 and as Deputy Assistant and White House Legislative Affairs Director from 1990 to 1992. He is a member of the Budget Committee, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and the Ways and Means Committee. He is also Chairman of the Republican Leadership. The following is from the April 11, 2002, House floor debate on H.R. 3762, the Pension Security Act.The legislation before us today makes a substantial change and directly affects what happened at Enron. The employees…
