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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. "

Rob Portman

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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. "

" The TV ads have been coming hot and heavy in Ohio. I think the Obama campaign has outspent the Romney campaign by two-to-one or three-to-one, depending on the analysis you look at. People are tired of the attacks already, and here we are in July. "

" 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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" We need to do a much better job when people are addicted to take them through treatment and recovery. "

" Kyrie Irving could use a little help. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People vote for the president, not the vice president. I think sometimes people that are in the veepstakes talk too much about this and certainly the media does. I don't think that it's that important. "

" 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. "

" Ohioans need peace of mind that the water coming out of their tap is safe. It's as simple as that. "

" 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. "

" It's the wrong time for us to be pulling the rug out from under American exporters. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" We want more of our products going overseas, but the trick is to have a level playing field. "

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" We must make clear that if you come here illegally, you will be sent back home. "

" 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.' "

" 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? "

" I can give a speech, and I can do a rally, and I do them, but that's not what I like to do. "

" Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress believed we could spend our way to prosperity, and I guess they still do. "

" 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. "

" I'm a religious liberty supporter - I strongly believe in that. "

" The U.S. has fallen behind with tax policies that haven't been updated in a half-century. "

" 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. "

" I am disappointed that the President made the decision to have Ambassador Froman sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand. "

" 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. "

" The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. "