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Rob Portman

(1955) Politician United States

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Rob Portman is a politician from the United States, best known for A Vision for a New IRS.

Quick Facts About Rob Portman

Born: December 19, 1955
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: A Vision for a New IRS

About Rob Portman

Robert Jones Portman is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Portman was the 35th director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2006 to 2007, the 14th United States trade representative from 2005 to 2006, and a U.S. representative from 1993 to 2005, representing Ohio's 2nd district.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

Quotes by Rob Portman

How does the weakness of the dollar affect your business?

Business

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

Afford

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I think what people are looking for right now is not the kind of pizzazz and pop that perhaps we thought we…

Congress

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It's not about sizzle for me. I think it's fine. I mean, America made a decision in 2008 to go with a…

About

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Our folks have a lot of passion. They're very concerned about the direction of the country and concerned the record debt and…

Concerned

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

Agree

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We shouldn't be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have…

Allowing

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

Bible

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That isn't how I've always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then…

Congressman

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With the strong bipartisan rejection of the Dorgan amendment today, the Senate cast a vote in favor of the U.S. working to…

Amendments

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The problem is that this round from its inception has had agriculture at its centerpiece. The EU and the U. S. and…

Agriculture

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

Address

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Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United…

Approach

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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…

Another

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The reality is that until we can agree on a formula that reduces tariffs globally we cannot meet this Doha promise for…

Agree

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President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support:…

Able

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

Get better

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I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I…

Able

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People vote for the president, not the vice president. I think sometimes people that are in the veepstakes talk too much about…

About

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

Harder

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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…

Care

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

Boring

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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…

Ally

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If you can't even acknowledge that you have to fix Social Security, that's not a very good starting point.

Acknowledge

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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…

Ads

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