Rob Portman actually said...

we are entering into an era here where we are going to be having tighter budgets

Portman acknowledges upcoming budget constraints impacting government spending.

05/15/2013

More Rob Portman Quotes

I agree that America's taxpayers should have their telephones answered if they call the Internal Revenue Service.

Only half of the calls were being answered when a taxpayer would call the IRS.

The system, as we have heard from our constituents constantly, takes too long. It is complicated, sometimes very bureaucratic.

I did not mean to be ungrateful there, because I know there was lots of back-and-forth.