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" One of the big issues in Ohio and elsewhere is people do not have the skills to take advantage of the openings that are out there. "
Rob Portman
Out
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People
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Rob Portman
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College
" 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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" 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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" 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
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" 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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" 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. "
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Opportunity
Know
Me
" 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. "
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Strong
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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. "
Rob Portman
More
Say
Senate
" I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage. "
Rob Portman
Believe
Say
Job
" 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
" When you tax capital gains income, you don't help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton and President Bush all believed we should have a lower rate for capital gains. "
Rob Portman
Hurt
You
Why
" No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way. "
Rob Portman
Got
Had
Politics
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Doctor
You
Driving
" We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws. "
Rob Portman
Enforcing
Laws
Existing
" 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 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
" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
Rob Portman
Listen
You
Voters
" Trump and Bernie Sanders are different sides of the same coin. "
Rob Portman
Different
Trump
Sides
" 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
" At the end of the day, all the best negotiating techniques can't overcome the most substantive policy differences. "
Rob Portman
Best
Day
Overcome
" If you focus on what people care about, you have ideas. And people are looking for solutions. "
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You
People
Looking
" 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
" 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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You
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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. "
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Business
Environment
" We want more stuff stamped 'Made in America.' "
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More
" All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage. "
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Experience
Marriage
Joy
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Environment
Energy
Time
" 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. "
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Government
" 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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Problem
Time
Think
" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "
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Time
American
Rug