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" I'm very happy where I am: I'm a senator from Ohio. "
Rob Portman
Senator
Happy
I Am
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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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" 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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" Do you agree with me that we can't afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
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" 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. "
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" I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring. "
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" Kyrie Irving could use a little help. "
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" Decisions about your health should be between you and your doctor, not a bureaucrat and an insurance company. Let's expand choice rather than limiting it. Let's create jobs instead of destroying them. And let's bring down the costs instead of driving them up. "
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" 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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" 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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Swing
Independent
" 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. "
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Help
Together
Working Together
" 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. "
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Know
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Support
" 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. "
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Leader
Believe
Tough
" I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married. "
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Commitment
Bad
Good
" There is so much uncertainty out there, and the government in Washington doesn't seem to get it. What's needed is a new business environment. "
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New
Business
Environment
" 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
" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "
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Time
American
Rug
" 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. "
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Opportunity
Know
Me
" 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. "
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Image
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Government
" 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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Different
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" I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage. "
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" My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am. "
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Country
" Let's replace Obamacare with reforms that put you back in charge of your own healthcare. "
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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. "
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You
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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. "
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Job
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" If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle. "
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Left
Far
Get