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" I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done. "
Rob Portman
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" I'm very happy where I am: I'm a senator from Ohio. "
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" When it is fair, American workers can compete and win. I cannot support the TPP in its current form because it doesn't provide that level playing field. "
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" The TV ads have been coming hot and heavy in Ohio. I think the Obama campaign has outspent the Romney campaign by two-to-one or three-to-one, depending on the analysis you look at. People are tired of the attacks already, and here we are in July. "
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" I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator. "
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" I am disappointed that the President made the decision to have Ambassador Froman sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand. "
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I Am
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" If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle. "
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Far
Get
" When you analyze all the data, there is a warming trend according to science. But the jury is out on the degree of how much is manmade. "
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" One of the big issues in Ohio and elsewhere is people do not have the skills to take advantage of the openings that are out there. "
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" Do you agree with me that we can't afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
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" 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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" I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the American entrepreneurial society more and more restraints and government activity. "
Rob Portman
American
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" This is his solution: He said all we need to do is take your tax dollars, send them to Washington, have Washington take out its cut, having Washington then send it back to the states, have the states then go out and hire public employees. Does that make sense to you? Is that how to get the economy moving? "
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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
" The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces of job creation in America. The source of new jobs isn't going to be the bureaucracies of Washington, but rather the creativity, ingenuity, and hard work of the American people. "
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" 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
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" Trump and Bernie Sanders are different sides of the same coin. "
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" I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring. "
Rob Portman
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" The broad goal, laid out by Congress, the Obama administration, and the U.N. Security Council, was that Iran would suspend all enrichment-related activities and not be permitted a path to ever pursue a nuclear weapons program. "
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Pursue
Security
" What we need is fundamental tax reform. "
Rob Portman
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Tax Reform
" 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
" For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world. "
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Face
Government
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" We want more stuff stamped 'Made in America.' "
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America
Made
More
" I'm a religious liberty supporter - I strongly believe in that. "
Rob Portman
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" 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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" Habitat for Humanity is making Cleveland better every day. "
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Day
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Making
" I have acknowledged the problem and have spent my time in Congress focusing on solutions - including developing clean and efficient energy that grows our economy and creates jobs while also lowering pollution levels and protecting the environment. "
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Environment
Energy
Time
" Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
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You
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" The Buckeye Build will have a lasting impact on Cleveland, and it is an honor to be a part of it. "
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Honor
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Will
" We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues. "
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Washington
Serving
" The wealthy are doing just fine in the Obama economy. "
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Just
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