Rob Portman Quotes

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tired, Look, Here

• 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?

  Rob Portman

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  Tags in Moving, Back, Need

• 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

  Topics in Business

  Tags in New, Government

• 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

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  Tags in past, Need, Year

• What we need is fundamental tax reform.

  Rob Portman

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  Tags in Need, Tax, Reform

• 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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  Tags in Happen, Negative

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

  Rob Portman

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  Tags in Better, Need

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

  Rob Portman

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Issues

• 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

  Topics in Leadership

  Tags in Need

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hurt, Help

Rob Portman (30)

Birth:	19th December, 1955
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

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