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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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