Quotes by Rob Portman

“Weve both got our homework to do.”

“With the strong bipartisan rejection of the Dorgan amendment today, the Senate cast a vote in favor of the U.S. working to knock down unfair trade barriers that hurt American business and farmers,”

“Im optimistic we are making the sort of progress that we need to meet our tight deadlines, ... We have come closer together.”

“It appears that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is making a genuine effort to reform its economy and adopt the rule of law,”

“Accordingly, I believe that the accession package, both our bilateral agreement and the broader multilateral negotiation which is nearing completion, will warrant US support,”

“While WTO accession is no cure-all, Saudi membership in the WTO, under the rigorous terms we have negotiated, could have a lasting effect on transforming the Saudi economy away from its over-dependence on oil revenues and addressing the growing unemployment problems in the kingdom,”

“This agreement is a win-win situation for U.S. and EU winemakers, helping to establish predictable conditions for bilateral wine trade,”

“This agreement is a win-win situation for U.S. and EU winemakers, helping to establish predictable conditions for bilateral wine trade, ... I want to thank Chief Agricultural Negotiator Allen Johnson and especially Jim Murphy, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs, who have brought this difficult negotiation to a successful conclusion.  The culmination of this agreement reflects the extensive efforts by a number of Federal agencies in these negotiations and in particular the work done by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau in the Treasury Department.”

“I have made clear that we can not accept a final package on the round that does not have a meaningful services element,”

“This is one that were going to have to work through carefully,”

We shouldnt be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.

All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage.

I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the American entrepreneurial society more and more restraints and government activity.