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" We need to do a much better job when people are addicted to take them through treatment and recovery. "
Rob Portman
People
Job
Better
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" I do think you need to listen to the voters. "
Rob Portman
Listen
You
Voters
" 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
" 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
" The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. "
Rob Portman
Nine
Than
Tax
" Things are not getting better. They are getting worse. We need to elect Mitt Romney to turn things around. "
Rob Portman
Getting Better
Turn
Need
" I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage. "
Rob Portman
Believe
Say
Job
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Mom
Tax
Talk
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Mix
Status Quo
Status
" 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
" 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
" Let's replace Obamacare with reforms that put you back in charge of your own healthcare. "
Rob Portman
Your
Own
Back
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Job
Today
Work
" 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
" At the end of the day, all the best negotiating techniques can't overcome the most substantive policy differences. "
Rob Portman
Best
Day
Overcome
" We want more of our products going overseas, but the trick is to have a level playing field. "
Rob Portman
More
Products
Want
" I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring. "
Rob Portman
Even
Staff
Boring
" If you focus on what people care about, you have ideas. And people are looking for solutions. "
Rob Portman
You
People
Looking
" If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle. "
Rob Portman
Left
Far
Get
" John Kasich is the most popular elected official in Ohio because he got things done. "
Rob Portman
Things
Most
Got
" 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. "
Rob Portman
American
Society
Government
" We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws. "
Rob Portman
Enforcing
Laws
Existing
" Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress believed we could spend our way to prosperity, and I guess they still do. "
Rob Portman
Prosperity
Our
Leaders
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Opponent
Ideas
You
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Vote
Think
People