A recent letter to the editor (" Rob Portman will be remembered for what he didn't do," July 20) contained a number of misstatements and inaccuracies, including that I was silent over four years ...

Portman claimed in a July 21 op-ed, "I took my oath seriously and always tried to do what's right," that his legacy will be the many bills he got passed instead of his failure to protect our country.