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" I'm not here today to tell you government doesn't have a role to play. It does, but it needs to be the right role. "
Rob Portman
Government
You
Today
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" 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
" We need a broader party. If we're not doing better with millennials and women and Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans and others, we will have a tough time being a majority party at the national level. "
Rob Portman
Tough
Women
Party
" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
Rob Portman
Listen
You
Voters
" We must make clear that if you come here illegally, you will be sent back home. "
Rob Portman
Will
Back
Here
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Out
Big
People
" 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. "
Rob Portman
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. "
Rob Portman
Past
Support
Belief
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Mix
Status Quo
Status
" 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
" Ohio chose the president in 2000 and 2004. The independent voters, the so-called swing voters, are the ones who make the difference. "
Rob Portman
Difference
Swing
Independent
" 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. "
Rob Portman
More
Say
Senate
" The U.S. has fallen behind with tax policies that haven't been updated in a half-century. "
Rob Portman
Tax
Fallen
Behind
" I'm on the Armed Services Committee, which gives me the opportunity to get involved on some of these international issues. My focus is, as you know, on the economic issues and budget issues. "
Rob Portman
Opportunity
Know
Me
" 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.' "
Rob Portman
Better
People
Life
" My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am. "
Rob Portman
Best
I Am
Country
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Playing
Support
Fair
" 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
" What I support is a whole different approach with regard to drug use, and that is spending less money on the prosecution and incarceration side and more money on prevention and education, which I know works. "
Rob Portman
Know
Education
Support
" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "
Rob Portman
Time
American
Rug
" The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. "
Rob Portman
Nine
Than
Tax
" 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
" No one should discriminate. "
Rob Portman
Discriminate
Should
" 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? "
Rob Portman
Solution
Employees
Moving
" All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage. "
Rob Portman
Experience
Marriage
Joy
" 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