American - Politician | December 19, 1955 -
We want more stuff stamped 'Made in America.'
Rob Portman
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We want more of our products going overseas, but the trick is to have a level playing field.
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I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.
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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.
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The Iron Dome system is a proven way for Israel to defend its citizens from hostile threats and will advance missile defense technology for us and other allies.
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I'm very happy where I am: I'm a senator from Ohio.
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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.
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My view is that I'm best able to serve my state and my country where I am.
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Having deinstitutionalized mental health, we have not created the structure and the institutions to take care of people, to identify when there is a mental health problem, and to get the treatment to people.
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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.
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No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way.
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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.
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