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Rob Portman
stated on January 18, 2017 a senate confirmation hearing:

"All of our taxpayers are paying roughly 22% of the U.N. budget."

By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017

Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 the Ohio Senate debate:

Says Ted Strickland "in this campaign bragged about his A-plus rating with the NRA. ... He has said he has a mixed and spotty record on this issue and that he can be criticized for it. Those are his words, not mine. So I don’t know where he is on this issue."

By Nadia Pflaum • October 21, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2016 Department of Homeland Security hearing:

"We understand that this heroin is primarily coming from Mexico, over the border."

By Nadia Pflaum • March 14, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2014 a Republican weekly address:

"The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago."

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2014

Rob Portman
stated on July 17, 2013 a news release:

Says the State Department spent $630,000 to get 2 million Facebook "Likes."

By Tom Feran • August 1, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on May 23, 2013 Conference call with reporters:

The Obama administration has put out "more of these major rules than the Clinton administration or the Bush administration during comparable times."

By Stephen Koff • May 31, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 remarks at Politico breakfastt:

"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."

By Stephen Koff • April 15, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 a television interview:

"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."

By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on January 24, 2013 a news release:

Says out-of-state abortion clinics "have marketed their services to minors" in states with parental consent laws.

By Stephen Koff • February 6, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on November 9, 2012 a newspaper interview:

Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would "take us into a recession and kill jobs."

By Stephen Koff • November 15, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release:

"$16 trillion (the national debt) in $1 bills would cover the entire state of Ohio nearly 1.5 times."

By Tom Feran • September 12, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on April 16, 2012 a column in Politico:

The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."

By Tom Feran • April 23, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on November 1, 2011 a congressional hearing:

"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."

By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011

Rob Portman
stated on August 28, 2011 a newspaper column:

Says the federal government is "the largest energy user in the country."

By Tom Feran • September 7, 2011

Rob Portman
stated on July 25, 2011 an interview on MSNBC:

"Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule."

By Stephen Koff • July 27, 2011

Rob Portman
stated on January 20, 2011 a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce:

Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."

By Stephen Koff • February 1, 2011

Rob Portman
stated on October 6, 2010 a television campaign ad:

Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."

By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2010

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