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President Bush has laid out a bold agenda for Ohio Rep. Rob Portman, his nominee for U.S. trade representative. The president urged Mr. Portman to "continue to vigorously enforce the trade laws on the books so that American businesses and workers are competing on a level playing field." Maybe the president was thinking of Brazil when he said that. It certainly made me think of the country that is flagrantly failing to crack down on intellectual property piracy. Intellectual property piracy has become a major problem for U.S. corporations and jobs. The U.S. Customs Service estimates counterfeiting costs the U.S....

President Bush has laid out a bold agenda for Ohio Rep. Rob Portman, his nominee for U.S. trade representative. The president urged Mr. Portman to "continue to vigorously enforce the trade laws on the books so that American businesses and workers are competing on a level playing field." Maybe the president was thinking of Brazil when he said that. It certainly made me think of the country that is flagrantly failing to crack down on intellectual property piracy. Intellectual property piracy has become a major problem for U.S. corporations and jobs. The U.S. Customs Service estimates counterfeiting costs the U.S....

Ohio congressman seen as deal maker who can bridge partisan divides OTTAWA -- Rob Portman, the influential Republican congressman nominated by the White House yesterday to be the U.S. government's new top trade official, is a big believer in open markets and hails from Ohio, a border state with close ties to Canada. Both these facts give Canadian government officials hope that Mr. Portman could help ease Canada-U.S. trade tensions -- exacerbated by long-running disputes over softwood, wheat and pigs. Mr. Portman's nomination must still be approved by the Senate before he assumes the post of U.S. Trade Representative. And...

President Bush welcomed St. Patrick's Day visitors to the White House today, including Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. The President also welcomed the fiancée and two sisters of Robert McCartney, a Catholic man who was killed in a January bar brawl in Dublin. Also today, the President nominated Congressman Rob Portman to be the next U.S. Trade Representative. Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

President Bush has chosen Rep. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) as the new United States Trade Representative, according to an administration source. He will replace Robert B. Zoellick, who is leaving to become the number two person in the State Department.

Portman’s potential has GOP excited Party, strategists say congressman can go far, but it’s not clear which road he’ll take Sunday, November 28, 2004 Jonathan Riskind THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH WASHINGTON — Speaker of the U.S. House? Governor of Ohio? U.S. senator? Vice president of the United States? Even president? Some savvy political minds here and in Ohio think one or more of those jobs could lie ahead for Rep. Rob Portman, a courteous Cincinnati Republican whose attempts to downplay such talk aren’t dousing all the intraparty enthusiasm. Portman, a reliably conservative voter in the House, also has worked with Democrats...

COLUMBUS, OH – Rep. Rob Portman (R-OH) today issued the following statement: "John Kerry said a few weeks ago that he still would have voted in favor of the Iraq war knowing what he knows today, but is now parroting Howard Dean's anti-war rhetoric. “Winning the War on Terror demands principled and consistent leadership, not changing positions motivated by politics. This is the same John Kerry who voted against 87 billion dollars in funding to equip our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with essential supplies like body armor, despite previously calling that vote 'irresponsible.' Kerry now tells voters he is...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Rob Portman (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding the economy, in the wake of Sen. John Kerry’s campaign travel through the state: “President Bush's pro-growth policies have helped create more than 1.1 million jobs this year, and two-thirds of these jobs are in industries that pay more than the national average. John Kerry's economic pessimism ignores the fact that employers are hiring more Americans and paying them higher wages. I know it is in John Kerry's political interests to badmouth the economy and compare it to the Great Depression, but the truth is we...

REPUBLICAN REPORTS FROM IOWA! (Mayor Guiliani, Cong Portman, Gov Owens, Sen Frist, Sen Santorum, Mary Matlin) January 19, 2004 Mayor Rudy Giuliani's Message from Cedar Rapids It's warmer and sunnier here than in New York. After months and months of just hearing from the Democrats, I am here with a group of Republicans who want to tell the President's side of the story. I spoke with a woman during lunch at Bishop's here in Cedar Rapids -- great mac and cheese and try the chocolate ambrosia pie -- and she said that listening to the negative attacks from the...