If we don't get at that, the largest part and the fastest-growing part of the budget, we will, of course, not have accomplished our goal.
Rob Portman
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Rob Portman is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio, a position he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Portman previously represented Ohio's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005. He also served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2006, where he focused on trade policy and international negotiations.
I have some concerns about the current law baseline because I don't think it is realistic.
In fact, in looking around the world, and there is a recent report by Alberto Alesina of Harvard University showing that the most successful and pro-growth test of reduction took place in countries that relied chiefly on austerity…
It appears as though we are heading there if you look at the current policy baseline.
So I think it is a great point that the economy is going to drive so much of this.
This is something, if you can get back to us on that, it would be very helpful.
I would just ask you if you could comment on the unsustainable fiscal path that you have outlined repeatedly.
Yeah, I am talking about not lowering the tax, so it would be revenue-neutral, so there would be no reduction in the taxation.
Thank you to the four patriots who are sitting before us, trying to avoid what Erskine Bowles talked about today.
Right, some of the interactions. Well, I think that would be very helpful, if we could give you some more specificity as to timing and specifically, you know, which preferences we are talking about because those sorts of scores are very…





