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" I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator. "
Rob Portman
Job
Senator
Doing
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Day
Overcome
" 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
Cleveland
Will
" 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. "
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Mom
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" We should not throw in the towel. Instead, we should be saying to young people, 'There is a better way for you to have a healthy and productive life, and that's not to get into drug use and drug abuse.' "
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People
Life
" I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage. "
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Believe
Say
Job
" 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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Look
People
Think
" 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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Path
Pursue
Security
" 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. "
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Tragedy
Changes
Perspective
" 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
" Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
Rob Portman
You
Agree
Four
" You could have another downgrade. You could certainly have a stock market reaction that would be negative. And, I think nobody who looks at it objectively would want to happen. "
Rob Portman
You
Negative
Want
" 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
" Let's replace Obamacare with reforms that put you back in charge of your own healthcare. "
Rob Portman
Your
Own
Back
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Face
Government
Inspire
" 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
" 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
" 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 was fortunate, I guess, to be part of some good fiscal discipline in the Bush administration. The budget I put forward was a balanced budget. "
Rob Portman
Forward
Good
Some
" It's not about sizzle for me. I think it's fine. I mean, America made a decision in 2008 to go with a president who did have sizzle. "
Rob Portman
Mean
Me
Think
" 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
" This past year has been very turbulent for the Middle East, and my conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu strengthened my belief that we need to remain vigilant in our support of our critical ally. "
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Past
Support
Belief
" Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes. "
Rob Portman
Image
Economy
Government
" Ohio chose the president in 2000 and 2004. The independent voters, the so-called swing voters, are the ones who make the difference. "
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Difference
Swing
Independent
" Having deinstitutionalized mental health, we have not created the structure and the institutions to take care of people, to identify when there is a mental health problem, and to get the treatment to people. "
Rob Portman
People
Health
Mental Health
" The Obama economy is great for rich people. It's terrible for everybody else. "
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Economy
Rich
Great
" I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record. "
Rob Portman
Die
Strong
Proud
" 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
" Things are not getting better. They are getting worse. We need to elect Mitt Romney to turn things around. "
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Getting Better
Turn
Need
" 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. "
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Important
People
Health