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Rob Portman: I know at the end of the day, some of my colleagues have some substantive differences with the legislation and they also…

On the recordApril 11, 2002
I know at the end of the day, some of my colleagues have some substantive differences with the legislation and they also have some politics that they would like to talk about; and I would love to address the gentleman from Texas's quote from the New York Times, because there are some other quotes from that story that are more accurate. This is not about us versus them; this is not about the big guy versus the little guy. This is about something that will help the workers in this country. But I do believe that it would be in the interests of this House to stick to the facts, and that is what I have tried to do.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing differences in legislation and the importance of focusing on facts.

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