Editing Rob Portman (section)

===Foreign policy===
[[File:Rob portman with bush.jpg|thumb|Portman with [[George W. Bush]]]]
Portman opposes U.S. ratification of the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea|Convention on the Law of the Sea]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Austin|title=Law of the Sea treaty sinks in Senate|url=https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78568.html|access-date=November 5, 2020|website=[[Politico]]|date=July 16, 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2016, Portman authored the [[bipartisan]] bill [[Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act]], along with Democratic Senator [[Chris Murphy]].<ref name="combatpropaganda" /> Congressman [[Adam Kinzinger]] introduced the U.S. House version of the bill.<ref name="house">{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5181|work=[[Congress.gov]]|title=H.R.5181 - Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016|date=May 10, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2016|publisher=[[United States Congress]]|first=Adam|last=Kinzinger|author-link=Adam Kinzinger}}</ref> After the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 U.S. presidential election]], worries grew that [[Russian propaganda]] on social media spread and organized by the [[Russian government]] swayed the outcome of the election,<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeremy B.|last=White|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-russia-ads-us-election-political-adverts-trump-putin-fake-news-a7933461.html|title=Facebook sold $100,000 of political ads to fake Russian accounts during 2016 US election|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> and representatives in the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] took action to safeguard the [[National security of the United States]] by advancing legislation to monitor incoming propaganda from external threats.<ref name="combatpropaganda">{{cite news|access-date=December 1, 2016|first=Craig|last=Timberg|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/effort-to-combat-foreign-propaganda-advances-in-congress/2016/11/30/9147e1ac-e221-47be-ab92-9f2f7e69d452_story.html|title=Effort to combat foreign propaganda advances in Congress|date=November 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="representativesbacks">{{cite news|work=[[International Business Times|International Business Times UK edition]]|publisher=IBT Media|location=New York City|access-date=December 1, 2016|title=US House of representatives backs proposal to counter global Russian subversion|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-house-representatives-backs-proposal-counter-global-russian-subversion-1594342|date=December 1, 2016|first=Tom|last=Porter}}</ref> On November 30, 2016, legislators approved a measure within the [[National Defense Authorization Act]] to ask the [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] to take action against foreign propaganda through an interagency panel.<ref name="combatpropaganda" /><ref name="representativesbacks" /> The legislation authorized funding of $160 million over a two-year-period.<ref name="combatpropaganda" /> The initiative was developed through the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act.<ref name="combatpropaganda" />

==== Israel ====
In 2018 Portman and Senator [[Ben Cardin]] co-authored the [[Israel Anti-Boycott Act]], which would make it illegal for companies to engage in [[Boycotts of Israel|boycotts against Israel]] or [[Israeli settlement]]s in the occupied [[Israeli-occupied territories|Palestinian territories]]. They promoted the bill and sought to integrate it into omnibus spending legislation to be signed by Trump.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why These Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Voted No on an anti-BDS Bill |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/why-these-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-voted-no-on-an-anti-bds-bill-1.6919089 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=February 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Don't Punish US Companies That Help End Abuses in the West Bank |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/12/18/dont-punish-us-companies-help-end-abuses-west-bank |work=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=December 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name="intercept18">{{cite news |last1=Grim |first1=Ryan |last2=Emmons |first2=Alex |title=Senators Working to Slip Israel Anti-Boycott Law Through in Lame Duck |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/12/04/israel-anti-boycott-act-lame-duck/ |access-date=January 19, 2019 |work=[[The Intercept]] |date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>