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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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" Trump and Bernie Sanders are different sides of the same coin. "
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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. "
Rob Portman
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Me
" 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. "
Rob Portman
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" 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.' "
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Better
People
Life
" Habitat for Humanity is making Cleveland better every day. "
Rob Portman
Day
Better
Making
" 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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" The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. "
Rob Portman
Nine
Than
Tax
" 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. "
Rob Portman
New
Business
Environment
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Side
Sometimes
Same
" No one should discriminate. "
Rob Portman
Discriminate
Should
" At the end of the day, all the best negotiating techniques can't overcome the most substantive policy differences. "
Rob Portman
Best
Day
Overcome
" 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
" I think what people are looking for right now is not the kind of pizzazz and pop that perhaps we thought we got in 2008. Certainly, President Obama offered that. What they want now is someone who can work closely with Congress and get things done. "
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People
Think
Looking
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Image
Economy
Government
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Jury
Degree
You
" 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
" If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle. "
Rob Portman
Left
Far
Get
" 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. "
Rob Portman
Said
Run
My Own
" 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
Speech
Rally
" 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
" 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
" We need to do a much better job when people are addicted to take them through treatment and recovery. "
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People
Job
Better
" 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
" 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.' "
Rob Portman
Need
Leadership
You
" 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
" I don't know what's going to happen specifically on votes on Obamacare. I suspect we'll vote to repeal early to put on record the fact that we Republicans think it's a bad policy, and we think it's hurting our constituents, and we think health care cost should be going down, not up. "
Rob Portman
Vote
Care
Think
" 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
" I was fortunate, I guess, to be part of some good fiscal discipline in the Bush administration. The budget I put forward was a balanced budget. "
Rob Portman
Forward
Good
Some
" The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016. "
Rob Portman
Security
Going
Disability