Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said Monday he would support the nomination of Jack Lew to be Treasury Secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Lew, currently White House chief of staff, would replace Timothy Geithner, who served as President Barack Obama’s treasury secretary during his first term.

Portman’s decision suggests that Lew will quickly be confirmed by the Senate.

In a statement, Portman said, “We’re past the point where Washington can push off tough decisions. In order to get our economy moving and address the nation’s record debt and trillion-dollar deficits, the next Treasury Secretary must work with Congress to reform the tax code and our vital yet unsustainable entitlement programs. In my conversations with Director Lew, both before and during the Senate Finance Committee hearing, he indicated a willingness to seek such needed reforms. As I would expect to be the case with any nominee being put forward by the Obama Administration to fill this important position, we won’t see eye to eye on some of the specific solutions, but Jack Lew’s willingness to try to find common ground on these fiscal matters and his experience of working on bipartisan results over the past two decades are hopeful signs.”