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" I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage. "
Rob Portman
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" All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage. "
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" Let's replace Obamacare with reforms that put you back in charge of your own healthcare. "
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Your
Own
Back
" If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point. "
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Even
You
" I hope that the entire Senate votes to say that if you're on the terrorist watch list - not just the no-fly list, which is a much more targeted list, but the terrorist watch list - you should not be able to buy a weapon. "
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" Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
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You
Agree
Four
" When you tax capital gains income, you don't help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton and President Bush all believed we should have a lower rate for capital gains. "
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Hurt
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" Trump is going to be the change agent. Hillary Clinton is going to be the status quo. Bernie Sanders is not going to be in the mix. "
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Mix
Status Quo
Status
" We think healthcare costs should be going down, not up. We think people should be able to keep insurance that they had. "
Rob Portman
Healthcare
Insurance
People
" We want more stuff stamped 'Made in America.' "
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America
Made
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" Out of college, I had two job offers. One was to be a canoe instructor for Outward Bound. And frankly, that would have paid better than the job I took, working on a policy commission in Washington that focused on immigration policy and refugees. But that decision made all the difference. "
Rob Portman
Working
Better
College
" No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way. "
Rob Portman
Got
Had
Politics
" President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate than Fortune 500 corporations like Warren Buffett's. "
Rob Portman
Mom
Tax
Talk
" I'm very happy where I am: I'm a senator from Ohio. "
Rob Portman
Senator
Happy
I Am
" I can give a speech, and I can do a rally, and I do them, but that's not what I like to do. "
Rob Portman
Them
Speech
Rally
" The U.S. has fallen behind with tax policies that haven't been updated in a half-century. "
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Tax
Fallen
Behind
" President Obama has been attacking relentlessly. In 2008 he said that if you're out of fresh ideas you use stale tactics against your opponent - you try and make your opponent unacceptable and that's what he is trying to do. "
Rob Portman
Opponent
Ideas
You
" We shouldn't be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: 'You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.' "
Rob Portman
Need
Leadership
You
" If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle. "
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Left
Far
Get
" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
Rob Portman
Listen
You
Voters
" As the crisis in Syria grows and the humanitarian tragedy becomes more clear, I appreciated Prime Minister Netanyahu's perspective on the changes and volatility in the region. "
Rob Portman
Tragedy
Changes
Perspective
" Some have said, 'Gosh, Donald Trump is going to hurt you.' Some have said, 'Gosh Donald Trump is going to help you.' He may be helpful in certain parts of Ohio, but I'm going to run my own campaign. "
Rob Portman
Said
Run
My Own
" I'm up here in Cleveland tonight and there are a lot of folks who are concerned about it. Twenty-five percent of the people up here get their health care through religious organizations and so that religious freedom issue is very important to them. "
Rob Portman
Important
People
Health
" I have decided to endorse Governor John Kasich for president because he is a leader who has a proven record of delivering results. John turned Ohio around at a tough time, and I believe he can do the same for our country. "
Rob Portman
Leader
Believe
Tough
" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "
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Time
American
Rug
" Senator Brown and I have different philosophies as represented in our different ratings: I am a conservative, and he is a liberal. "
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Conservative
Different
I Am
" Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress believed we could spend our way to prosperity, and I guess they still do. "
Rob Portman
Prosperity
Our
Leaders
" I don't know what's going to happen specifically on votes on Obamacare. I suspect we'll vote to repeal early to put on record the fact that we Republicans think it's a bad policy, and we think it's hurting our constituents, and we think health care cost should be going down, not up. "
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Vote
Care
Think
" I support repeal, but I think we ought to also spend time on the replacement side of that. The Republican approach has never been, 'Let's get rid of this,' but, 'Let's replace it with something that does deal with a very real problem in our healthcare system.' And that is the entry's cost and lack of coverage. "
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Problem
Time
Think
" Do you agree with me that we can't afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
Rob Portman
Four
Agree
You
" The Obama administration has refused to back down on the insurance mandate that needlessly pits health care against the rights of the religious... This administration simply doesn't get it. "
Rob Portman
Down
Get
Health