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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. "
Rob Portman
Difference
Swing
Independent
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" We need to figure out how to connect people to jobs. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I have acknowledged the problem and have spent my time in Congress focusing on solutions - including developing clean and efficient energy that grows our economy and creates jobs while also lowering pollution levels and protecting the environment. "
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Time
" 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. "
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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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" I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the American entrepreneurial society more and more restraints and government activity. "
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" Let's replace Obamacare with reforms that put you back in charge of your own healthcare. "
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" 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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Bad
Good
" Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress believed we could spend our way to prosperity, and I guess they still do. "
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Our
Leaders
" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
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You
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" Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama? "
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Agree
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" 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.' "
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Need
Leadership
You
" No one should discriminate. "
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Should
" 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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Mix
Status Quo
Status
" The Obama economy is great for rich people. It's terrible for everybody else. "
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Rich
Great
" Trump and Bernie Sanders are different sides of the same coin. "
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" 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. "
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Rights
Feel
" I am disappointed that the President made the decision to have Ambassador Froman sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand. "
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New
I Am
Decision
" 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
" I can give a speech, and I can do a rally, and I do them, but that's not what I like to do. "
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Them
Speech
Rally
" 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. "
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You
Law Enforcement
" 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. "
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" The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. "
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" All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage. "
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" 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. "
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" Habitat for Humanity is making Cleveland better every day. "
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Making
" We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws. "
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