Honorable Rob Portman
United States Representative, Ohio, Republican
Senator Portman was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, as U.S. Trade Representative from 2005 to 2006, and as Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 2006 to 2007. He sits on the following committees: Budget; Armed Services; Energy and Natural Resources; and Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Senator Portman made the following statement on June 29, 2012, after voting against S. 1813 the Moving Ahead for the 21st Century Act. I had hoped to be able to support the transportation funding bill…