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" If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point. "
Rob Portman
Starting
Even
You
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" I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring. "
Rob Portman
Even
Staff
Boring
" 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
" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "
Rob Portman
Time
American
Rug
" At the end of the day, all the best negotiating techniques can't overcome the most substantive policy differences. "
Rob Portman
Best
Day
Overcome
" My dad did everything he could. It was a start-up, and the banks didn't want to lend him enough money, so he mortgaged our house. "
Rob Portman
Everything
Enough
Want
" What law enforcement will tell you is that in a terrorist act or even an act of people who are involved in crime, such as a drug gang, that they tend to get their weapons illegally. "
Rob Portman
Crime
You
Law Enforcement
" I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done. "
Rob Portman
Done
Get
Like
" Working together with Democrats and Republicans, I passed legislation to help break the grip of addiction. By investing in prevention, treatment, and recovery, empowering law enforcement, and stopping the overprescribing of painkillers, we can turn the tide. "
Rob Portman
Help
Together
Working Together
" We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues. "
Rob Portman
Country
Washington
Serving
" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
Rob Portman
Listen
You
Voters
" The Obama economy is great for rich people. It's terrible for everybody else. "
Rob Portman
Economy
Rich
Great
" Senator Brown and I have different philosophies as represented in our different ratings: I am a conservative, and he is a liberal. "
Rob Portman
Conservative
Different
I Am
" My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am. "
Rob Portman
Best
I Am
Country
" We want more of our products going overseas, but the trick is to have a level playing field. "
Rob Portman
More
Products
Want
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Vote
Care
Think
" Our country needs people who are maybe a little less focused on themselves and on the flash and a little more focused on how do we actually create a better environment for success for our young people, how do we get people back to work, how do we regain our standing internationally. "
Rob Portman
Success
Back
Environment
" 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
" John Kasich is the most popular elected official in Ohio because he got things done. "
Rob Portman
Things
Most
Got
" The wealthy are doing just fine in the Obama economy. "
Rob Portman
Fine
Just
Economy
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Path
Pursue
Security
" 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
Society
Government
" If you focus on what people care about, you have ideas. And people are looking for solutions. "
Rob Portman
You
People
Looking
" The Iron Dome system is a proven way for Israel to defend its citizens from hostile threats and will advance missile defense technology for us and other allies. "
Rob Portman
Technology
System
Iron
" We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws. "
Rob Portman
Enforcing
Laws
Existing
" People vote for the president, not the vice president. I think sometimes people that are in the veepstakes talk too much about this and certainly the media does. I don't think that it's that important. "
Rob Portman
Vote
Think
People
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Problem
Time
Think
" We must make clear that if you come here illegally, you will be sent back home. "
Rob Portman
Will
Back
Here
" I think what people are looking for right now is not the kind of pizzazz and pop that perhaps we thought we got in 2008. Certainly, President Obama offered that. What they want now is someone who can work closely with Congress and get things done. "
Rob Portman
People
Think
Looking
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Look
People
Think