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Brad Holyman-Sigal
Brad Holyman-Sigal
stated on February 26, 2024 a press release:
“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
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By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • March 24, 2024
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
stated on March 7, 2019 a U.S. House hearing:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 15, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on November 5, 2018 a tweet:
"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.
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By Douglas Soule • December 10, 2018
Will Herring
Will Herring
stated on March 6, 2017 a San Antonio Express-News news story:
"There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2017
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 an interview:
The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval  
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By Tom Kertscher • December 3, 2015
Jack Hanna
Jack Hanna
stated on August 2, 2015 an ABC "This Week" interview:
"In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
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By Will Cabaniss • August 3, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio show.:
"All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia."
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By Warren Fiske • July 27, 2015
Hugh Fitzsimons
Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 a blog post on campaign website:
Female buffalo lead the herd.
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By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on October 9, 2013 an interview on MSNBC:
"Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."
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By Becky Bowers • October 15, 2013
Cynthia Lummis
Cynthia Lummis
stated on August 23, 2013 a radio interview:
Under the Endangered Species Act, "only 1 percent of the species that have been listed have actually been delisted."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2013 tweets:
While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.
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By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2013
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on March 1, 2012 interview on "The Colbert Report":
There are "a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud."
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By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2012
Gail Collins
Gail Collins
stated on September 8, 2011 a column:
Mitt Romney "drove to Canada with the family dog Seamus strapped to the roof of the car."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 13, 2011
Elaine Boyer
Elaine Boyer
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview:
"[T]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior."
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By Eric Stirgus • August 3, 2011
Wisconsin Humane Society
Wisconsin Humane Society
stated on June 13, 2011 a news release:
An amendment inserted by lawmakers into the state budget "exempts scientific researchers from all state animal cruelty laws."
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By Dave Umhoefer • June 14, 2011