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United States Trade Representative Rob Portman and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns briefed reporters on the World Trade meeting in Hong Kong.

Three panels of witnesses testified about the state of agricultural negotiations in multi-year global trade talks named the “Doha Development Round” for Doha, Qatar, where the current series…

Three panels of witnesses testified about the state of agricultural negotiations in multi-year global trade talks named the “Doha Development Round” for Doha, Qatar, where the current series…

A portion of a news conference held by Republican leaders on the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Bill was shown.

U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman spoke to Hispanic leaders about the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the potential impact on the U.S. economy, and the importance of international…

Mr. Portman and other talked to reporters outside the White House about a meeting on congressional consideration of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement and their effo…

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card performed a public, ceremonial swearing-in of former U.S. Representative (R-OH) Robert Portman to be the U.S. Trade Representative. Following in the ce…

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the confirmation of Representative Rob Portman (R-OH) to be United States Trade Representative. Among the topics he addressed were free trade a…

President Bush announced his nomination of Rep. Rob Portman to be U.S. Trade Representative and praised his qualifications. Rep. Portman spoke briefly.

House Budget Committee members continued to submit amendments that were debated one at a time as they marked up the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution legislation.

Committee members marked up the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution bill and debated spending priorities for next year. Committee members made opening remarks.

As committee members marked up the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution bill, amendments to the legislation were submitted and debated one at a time.

Chairman Greenspan testified about the state of the U.S. economy, proposed economic reforms, the fiscal future of Social Security, and tax policy. In his remarks he emphasized the need to ad…

Witnesses testified about long-term budget implications of proposed Social Security reforms and discussed the analyses of their respective agencies on the problems facing Social Security. Th…