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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 8, 2013 an interview on ABC’s "This Week":
"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 11, 2013 a news conference call:
"I was filibustered."
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By Stephen Koff • July 29, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 21, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor:
"Our debt now is about $140,000 per household."
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By Stephen Koff • March 27, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release:
The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."
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By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 26, 2012 a radio interview:
"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."
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By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 a news release:
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
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By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing:
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
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By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 10, 2011 a news release:
U.S. debt is "now equal to 100 percent of the GDP."
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By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 8, 2010 a debate:
Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton."
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By Stephen Koff • October 16, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 14, 2010 an appearance at The Plain Dealer:
On Lee Fisher’s watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries."
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By Stephen Koff • September 27, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 18, 2010 a radio interview:
"More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more."
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By Stephen Koff • September 2, 2010