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" 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
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" 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. "
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" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
Rob Portman
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" 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. "
Rob Portman
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" Trump and Bernie Sanders are different sides of the same coin. "
Rob Portman
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" 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
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Think
" Out of college, I had two job offers. One was to be a canoe instructor for Outward Bound. And frankly, that would have paid better than the job I took, working on a policy commission in Washington that focused on immigration policy and refugees. But that decision made all the difference. "
Rob Portman
Working
Better
College
" We need to figure out how to connect people to jobs. "
Rob Portman
Out
Connect
Figure
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Habitat for Humanity is making Cleveland better every day. "
Rob Portman
Day
Better
Making
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I'm a religious liberty supporter - I strongly believe in that. "
Rob Portman
Supporter
Believe
Liberty
" 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
" 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
" At the end of the day, all the best negotiating techniques can't overcome the most substantive policy differences. "
Rob Portman
Best
Day
Overcome
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Let's replace Obamacare with reforms that put you back in charge of your own healthcare. "
Rob Portman
Your
Own
Back
" 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 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. "
Rob Portman
Commitment
Bad
Good
" 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
" We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws. "
Rob Portman
Enforcing
Laws
Existing
" 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
" What law enforcement will tell you is that in a terrorist act or even an act of people who are involved in crime, such as a drug gang, that they tend to get their weapons illegally. "
Rob Portman
Crime
You
Law Enforcement
" 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