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" John Kasich is the most popular elected official in Ohio because he got things done. "
Rob Portman
Things
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" 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. "
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" There has never been a campaign where there hasn't been sniping from the outside and second-guessing. I hear the same sometimes from the Democratic side in terms of President Obama's campaign, so that's to be expected. "
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Sometimes
Same
" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
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You
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" I like to think I am a serious legislator and trying to get things done. That's my goal in life, to get things done. "
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Life
I Am
" What we need is fundamental tax reform. "
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" 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. "
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Think
" 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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People
Health
" The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. "
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Nine
Than
Tax
" My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am. "
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Best
I Am
Country
" At the end of the day, all the best negotiating techniques can't overcome the most substantive policy differences. "
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Best
Day
Overcome
" We want more of our products going overseas, but the trick is to have a level playing field. "
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Want
" We should not approve an agreement that fails to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and does nothing to address Iranian behavior that threatens our allies and our interests. "
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Agreement
Allies
" 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
" 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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Starting
Even
You
" Kyrie Irving could use a little help. "
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Little
Could
Help
" The way to an American economic comeback, the way to help those out of work today find a paycheck, is to unleash the forces of job creation in America. The source of new jobs isn't going to be the bureaucracies of Washington, but rather the creativity, ingenuity, and hard work of the American people. "
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Job
Today
Work
" 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
" 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
Tax
Talk
" I'm not representing any organization. I represent the people of Ohio, and a lot of people in Ohio feel very strongly about their Second Amendment rights. "
Rob Portman
People
Rights
Feel
" I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator. "
Rob Portman
Job
Senator
Doing
" No one should discriminate. "
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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? "
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Solution
Employees
Moving
" I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done. "
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Done
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Like
" We think healthcare costs should be going down, not up. We think people should be able to keep insurance that they had. "
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Insurance
People
" The wealthy are doing just fine in the Obama economy. "
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Fine
Just
Economy
" When you analyze all the data, there is a warming trend according to science. But the jury is out on the degree of how much is manmade. "
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Jury
Degree
You
" 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
" 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. "
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Support
Fair
" 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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You
Driving