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Latest Fact-Checks On Rob Portman

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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 14, 2012 a conference call with reporters
Says that under President Obama, there’s been a substantial increase in federal government jobs.  
False
By Stephen Koff • June 20, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 28, 2012 a conference call with reporters
Says the health care reform bill was paid for, in part, by taking money from students and the student loan system.
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • May 14, 2012
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Tom Feran • April 23, 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."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 3, 2012 a news release
Says unemployment would be at 10 percent if people who have quit looking for work were included in federal labor force calculations.
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • February 17, 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.
Mostly True
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."
Mostly True
By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Tom Feran • November 8, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 7, 2011 a news conference
"In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • September 21, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 28, 2011 a newspaper column
Says the federal government is "the largest energy user in the country."
True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 19, 2011 a television interview
"We rank below Ethiopia, I'm told, in terms of our exports per capita, well below any of the other developed countries we trade with, and well below China and (South) Korea."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • August 25, 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."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 18, 2011
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Stephen Koff • July 27, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 16, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business Channel
A year since the "Recovery Summer," there has been been "a fall, winter and spring of no recovery."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 5, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 19, 2011 a news release
"The Democrat-led Senate has failed to pass a budget for 750 days ... Senate Democrats have neglected one of their most basic responsibilities."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • June 16, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 3, 2011 a press availability following a policy luncheon
"The (health reform) legislation which Washington passed last year has made it more difficult to hire" because it’s increased costs for employers.
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • May 26, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 26, 2011 an online column
Drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf and in parts of Alaska will  "immediately reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign oil."
False
By Stephen Koff • May 4, 2011
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Stephen Koff • February 1, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 4, 2010 a debate
"Under Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Ohio is 44th in the country in terms of getting money actually into worker retraining."
False
By Stephen Koff • October 18, 2010
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."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 16, 2010
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