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Meagan Wolfe
stated on November 5, 2021 TV interview

"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.

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By D.L. Davis • November 18, 2021

Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 a Florida Senate committee hearing

"Currently, half a million Floridians have Alzheimer’s disease, and in less than 10 years, a 40 percent growth rate means that another 200,000 Floridians will develop this devastating illness."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN

"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016

Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention

Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."

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By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2015 a tweet

Wisconsin's pension system is the "only one fully funded in the country."

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August 14, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 a State of the State speech

"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."

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By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech

"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "

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By Erin O'Neill • February 26, 2012

Tom Coburn
stated on December 1, 2010 a meeting of the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission

"One in 19 Americans today get SSDI or SSI. That's one in 19 Americans (who) are disabled."

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By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2010

Margaret Gomez
stated on February 15, 2010 a campaign flier.

Says she "stopped Capital Metro from raising fares for senior and disabled citizens."

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February 22, 2010