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" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "
Rob Portman
Time
American
Rug
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" 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
" 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
" The U.S. has fallen behind with tax policies that haven't been updated in a half-century. "
Rob Portman
Tax
Fallen
Behind
" 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
" We must make clear that if you come here illegally, you will be sent back home. "
Rob Portman
Will
Back
Here
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" If you focus on what people care about, you have ideas. And people are looking for solutions. "
Rob Portman
You
People
Looking
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I'm a religious liberty supporter - I strongly believe in that. "
Rob Portman
Supporter
Believe
Liberty
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Tragedy
Changes
Perspective
" I may sound naive, since everyone's decided the next two years are going to be all about 2016, but I look at what's happened over the years when there's been divided government. That's when we've done tax reform, that's when we've done entitlement reform - to move this economy forward on these big issues. "
Rob Portman
Look
Forward
Government
" 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
" 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 am disappointed that the President made the decision to have Ambassador Froman sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand. "
Rob Portman
New
I Am
Decision
" What we need is fundamental tax reform. "
Rob Portman
Tax
Reform
Tax Reform
" 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
" The Obama economy is great for rich people. It's terrible for everybody else. "
Rob Portman
Economy
Rich
Great
" 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
" 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
" We think healthcare costs should be going down, not up. We think people should be able to keep insurance that they had. "
Rob Portman
Healthcare
Insurance
People
" 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
" 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
" No one should discriminate. "
Rob Portman
Discriminate
Should
" Habitat for Humanity is making Cleveland better every day. "
Rob Portman
Day
Better
Making