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Rob Portman

Rob Portman

Rob Portman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is a former Republican congressman who also was a U.S. trade representative and director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George H.W. Bush.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Rob Portman

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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 18, 2017 a senate confirmation hearing:
"All of our taxpayers are paying roughly 22% of the U.N. budget."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017
Rob Portman
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."
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By Nadia Pflaum • October 21, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 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.  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on May 17, 2016 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."  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • May 23, 2016
Rob Portman
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."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • March 14, 2016
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2014
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."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 17, 2013 a news release:
Says the State Department spent $630,000 to get 2 million Facebook "Likes."
True
By Tom Feran • August 1, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 11, 2013 a news conference call:
"I was filibustered."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • July 29, 2013
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Stephen Koff • May 31, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 remarks at Politico breakfastt:
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
True
By Stephen Koff • April 15, 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."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 27, 2013
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013
Rob Portman
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.
True
By Stephen Koff • February 6, 2013
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Stephen Koff • November 15, 2012
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."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2012
Rob Portman
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."
True
By Tom Feran • September 12, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 27, 2012 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."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • September 7, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Barack Obama has "never even worked in business."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2012
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Latest Fact-Checks About Rob Portman

Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland:
Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • October 21, 2016
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on October 14, 2016 in a Ohio senatorial candidate debate:
Says Sen. Rob Portman said, "It would be irresponsible not to cut Medicare."
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on September 21, 2016 a campaign ad:
Says Rob Portman "even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns."
False
By Nadia Pflaum • September 29, 2016
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on August 12, 2016 an online ad campaign, "The Portman Files":
"Who would sign up to speak for a (Haitian) dictator? Rob Portman."
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • August 23, 2016
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on March 17, 2016 campaign ad, "Beltway Rob":
"It was (Rob Portman’s) job to stop China’s illegal dumping of steel. He failed, looked the other way, did nothing."  
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By Nadia Pflaum • April 1, 2016
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 a news release:
Rob Portman shares "radical, ideological views" toward women.
False
By Stephen Koff • June 14, 2012
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on September 7, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"On (Rob Portman's) watch as Bush's trade czar, our deficit with China exploded" and "as Bush's budget chief, Portman oversaw a spending spree that doubled the deficit."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 31, 2010 a campaign speech:
Rob Portman is "the one who actually sucked the jobs out of the (Mahoning) Valley and sent them to China."
False
By Stephen Koff • August 25, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on June 16, 2010 a news release:
Rob Portman has taken more than $125,000 from "Big Oil."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • August 6, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 12, 2010 a campaign statement:
Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 28, 2010
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