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Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 9, 2017 a State of the State speech in New York City:

"More college graduates are living at home than in decades."

By Dan Clark • January 9, 2017

Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2017 an announcement:

In New York, "Average college debt - $30,000 per student."

By Dan Clark • January 5, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University:

According to "independent experts," Donald Trump's tax plan "would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI debate:

"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on May 29, 2014 a speech.:

"Right now, America has $1.1 trillion of student debt. That’s more than credit card debt."

By Nancy Madsen • June 10, 2014

Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”:

"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on January 16, 2014 a web ad.:

Mark Warner voted for "nearly $1 trillion in new taxes and $7 trillion in new debt."

By Nancy Madsen • February 10, 2014

Debra Medina
stated on December 13, 2013 a press release:

"At present spending levels, only citizens of New York have a greater local debt burden than Texans."

By Sue Owen • December 6, 2013

Kelly Ayotte
stated on October 24, 2013 a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.:

Under President George W. Bush, "we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. Under President Obama … we’ve added $6.5 trillion to the debt."

By Jim Haddadin • November 1, 2013

Roger Williams
stated on October 11, 2013 as quoted in a newspaper article:

A congressional laundry closed due to the partial government shutdown.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2013

David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:

"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013

Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House:

Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013

JoEllen Smith
stated on February 22, 2013 an editorial:

Cobb is one of the largest school systems (in the nation) that is debt free.

By Janel Davis • March 15, 2013

Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference:

Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 9, 2013 a press release:

"Even if you took literally every single ounce of platinum in the world, it still wouldn’t add up to enough needed to pay down our nation’s debt."

By Jake Berry • January 14, 2013

Rob Portman
stated on September 6, 2012 a news release:

"$16 trillion (the national debt) in $1 bills would cover the entire state of Ohio nearly 1.5 times."

By Tom Feran • September 12, 2012

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