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" My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am. "
Rob Portman
Best
I Am
Country
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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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Tax
Talk
" 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. "
Rob Portman
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People
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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
" The Buckeye Build will have a lasting impact on Cleveland, and it is an honor to be a part of it. "
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Honor
Cleveland
Will
" We need to figure out how to connect people to jobs. "
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Out
Connect
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" We want more of our products going overseas, but the trick is to have a level playing field. "
Rob Portman
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" 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
" 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
" My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened. "
Rob Portman
Reach
Problems
People
" At the end of the day, all the best negotiating techniques can't overcome the most substantive policy differences. "
Rob Portman
Best
Day
Overcome
" 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
" For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world. "
Rob Portman
Face
Government
Inspire
" 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
" I'm a religious liberty supporter - I strongly believe in that. "
Rob Portman
Supporter
Believe
Liberty
" 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
" The Iron Dome system is a proven way for Israel to defend its citizens from hostile threats and will advance missile defense technology for us and other allies. "
Rob Portman
Technology
System
Iron
" Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
Rob Portman
You
Agree
Four
" I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator. "
Rob Portman
Job
Senator
Doing
" The U.S. has fallen behind with tax policies that haven't been updated in a half-century. "
Rob Portman
Tax
Fallen
Behind
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Serious
Life
I Am
" 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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Said
Run
My Own
" 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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Doctor
You
Driving
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "
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Rug