Rob Portman: "could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs"

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could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs

Rob Portman · Campaign statement opposing federal cap-and-trade legislation, per PolitiFact. · August 2010 · Race: U.S. Senator from Ohio

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Mostly False

PolitiFact, August 2, 2010 · read the check

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The record does not settle it

Checked against No published record can settle this sentence: it is a forecast of jobs a bill that never became law "could cost"; the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts jobs that exist, not jobs under a law that was not enacted.

The record: State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings (CES), series SMS39000000000000001 (Ohio, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted)

Context

Not yet researched

Topics: Energy, Jobs.

Other claims by Rob Portman

went to Washington, D.C., and he became a lobbyist. He made $400,000 a year.

A 2016 Ohio Senate debate · October 2016 · PolitiFact: Half True
Ohio has lost about 150,000 jobs

Campaign statement on the federal stimulus, per PolitiFact. · July 2010 · PolitiFact: Half True

Every claim filed under Rob Portman

Sources

Portman uses outdated context to claim cap-and-trade could cost 100,000 Ohio jobs · PolitiFact · 2010-08-02 · accessed 2026-09-21
State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings (CES), series SMS39000000000000001 (Ohio, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · accessed 2026-10-15

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