Statements about Job Accomplishments
Since 2009, the Ohio Republican Party has made more contacts with voters — nearly 6.6 million — than any other GOP state organization in the nation.
"The Democrat-controlled Senate, it hasn't passed a budget in more than 1,000 days."
Says Ohio Treasurer Josh "Mandel first claimed bank fraud in June 2010 but did nothing for more than a year while raising money for his (Republican) Senate campaign."
"Make no mistake -- Sherrod Brown is one of the main D.C. politicians responsible for Ohio jobs moving to China."
Says Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur "actually lives" in "a fancy condo in the Washington, D.C. suburbs."
"For the first time in 13 years, our dependence on foreign oil is below 50 percent."
Freshman Rep. Bob Gibbs "is spending his one year anniversary on vacation — only working 6 days in all of January."
"We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest."
The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
"During Sherrod Brown’s past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. ... Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year."
"We’re. . . keeping and creating jobs in our state. From American Greetings, to Wendy’s, to Diebold, we’ve gone to their doorsteps to keep jobs right here in Ohio."
"Sherrod Brown was just voted two years in a row the most liberal senator in the United States of America" and is more liberal than Sen. Bernie Sanders.
"The president came in and campaigned against me 12 times."
"We are one of only two states to have eight consecutive months of declining unemployment. Twenty-one states had increased unemployment last month. Ours went down."
"We (Democrats) have made steady progress creating jobs and improving our schools."
"(John) Kasich was the architect who balanced the budget, cut spending, created a surplus, igniting record job creation."
"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."
"Unfortunately everyone needs to cut back in these tough economic times. That's why I voted to cut my own pay along with the pay of our state employees."
"If you want to see the jobs that I've saved and created in this storm he helped create, go anywhere in Ohio."
Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton."
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