Rob Portman actually said...

"I agree with former Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers, and many other economists who said at the time, a year ago, that adding that kind of stimulus at a time when the economy was growing... wo..."

"As a percent of our gross domestic product (GDP), our debt continues to grow, which is very concerning to me."

"Deficit reduction. Nobody wants to talk about it much anymore, but it is incredibly important."

"It seems to me that more stimulus is not the way to go but instead for us to figure out how to get inflation down by expanding our economic growth."