Quotes by Rob Portman

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Robert Jones "Rob" Portman is an American lawyer and the junior United States Senator from Ohio, in office since 2011. Previously he served as the 14th United States Trade Representative from 2005 to 2006 and as the 35th Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2006 to 2007.
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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'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done.

Rob Portman

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

Folks, do you agree with me that we cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama?

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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.

Rob Portman

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

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...

Rob Portman

I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring.

Rob Portman

Do you agree with me that we can't afford four more years of Barack Obama?

Rob Portman

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

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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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Things are not getting better. They are getting worse. We need to elect Mitt Romney to turn things around.

Rob Portman

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.

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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 m...

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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.

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What we need is fundamental tax reform.

Rob Portman

If you start very far to the left, it's harder to get to the middle.

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We have a paralysis in Washington that's not serving our country. We have to address these issues.

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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.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameRob Portman
  • Description35th director of the Office of Management and Budget
  • BornDecember 19, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer