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"This will be something my colleagues will be happy to vote on because fentanyl is in every state now," said Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican. "And it is the No. 1 killer, if you look at statistics," he said. Mr. Portman's STOP Act is aimed at curbing the opioid crisis. (Associated Press photographs)

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FILE- In this July 20, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, heads to the chamber for a vote, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Ohio on Tuesday, July 25, as the U.S. Senate could vote on beginning debate on a Republican health care bill. Portman could be a key swing vote on the legislation and is facing immense pressure from both sides as he makes his decision. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 5, 2017 file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, looks at a board covered with addiction "trigger words" as he participates in a roundtable discussion with former addiction recovery clients and current employees at the Adams Recovery Center for Women in Cincinnati. Portman discussed the importance of increased funding for addiction treatment and efforts to combat the ovoid epidemic in Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, looks up a board covered with addiction "trigger words" as he participates in a roundtable discussion with former addiction recovery clients and current employees at the Adams Recovery Center for Women, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Cincinnati. Portman discussed the importance of increased funding for addiction treatment and efforts to combat the ovoid epidemic in Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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In this Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during an interview in Lebanon, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

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Democrats have recruited former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland to run against Sen. Rob Portman. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, center, participates in a round table discussion on school choice with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center left, and Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, center right, at Carpe Diem-Aiken, a tuition-free public charter school, Friday, May 16, 2014, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, center, participates in a round table discussion on school choice with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, at Carpe Diem-Aiken, a tuition-free public charter school, Friday, May 16, 2014, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, right, speaks with the media following a round table discussion on school choice with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, left, at Carpe Diem-Aiken, a tuition-free public charter school, Friday, May 16, 2014, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio was one of three Republicans that voted to end his party's filibuster of the energy efficiency bill. Mr. Portman, who co-sponsored the bill, called its defeat "yet another disappointing example of Washington's dysfunction."

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**FILE** In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, arrives at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, arrive for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)