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Rob Portman
stated on January 18, 2017 in 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 in 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 October 20, 2016 in an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland:

"The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we don’t have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that."

By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio:

Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.

By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on May 17, 2016 in a radio interview:

Ohio is "probably top five in the country, sadly, in terms of heroin overdoses. It’s now exceeded car accidents as the No. 1 cause of death in Ohio."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 23, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2016 in 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 in 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 December 8, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week":

"About 2 percent of Americans get paid the minimum wage."

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on July 17, 2013 in 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 July 11, 2013 in a news conference call:

"I was filibustered."

By Stephen Koff • July 29, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on May 23, 2013 in 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 in 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 March 21, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor:

"Our debt now is about $140,000 per household."

By Stephen Koff • March 27, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a news release:

The national debt of $16 trillion, is "enough to buy both the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds 1,918 times."

By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 in 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 August 27, 2012 in a television interview:

"We've got 7.2 percent unemployment (in Ohio), but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, it's actually over 10 percent."

By Tom Feran • September 7, 2012

Rob Portman
stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

Barack Obama has "never even worked in business."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2012

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