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Leah Vukmir
stated on July 5, 2018 a news release

Says Mark Pocan’s proposal to eliminate the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would "eliminate border enforcement."

July 13, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on January 8, 2016 a 90-page manifesto decrying federal overreach

"While states used to have regulatory power over fishing, federal law now regulates down to the tenth of the inch the minimum size of fish that anglers can keep."

By Dylan Baddour • February 10, 2016

Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 6, 2014 a Facebook Q&A with Charlie Crist

Obamacare "prevents (Florida) from regulating insurance."

By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2014

Susan B. Anthony List
stated on April 23, 2013 a radio ad.

New Virginia regulations on abortion clinics "provide the same sanitary environment we expect of dental offices."

By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2013

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC

"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2013

Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2012 a Facebook posting

"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 a campaign commercial

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

"We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012

60 Plus Association
stated on November 7, 2011 a television commercial

An independent payment advisory board created by in the health care reform law is "like a Medicare IRS with the power to cut Medicare in order to pay for new government programs."

By Sabrina Eaton • November 25, 2011

Ward Armstrong
stated on September 27, 2011 in TV ads.

Appalachian Power Company is making "record profits."

By Warren Fiske • October 14, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on August 11, 2011 the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa

"We're inches away from no longer having a free economy."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2011

Joseph Trillo
stated on June 29, 2011 a House debate over mandatory seat belt use

"There are 30,000 people that have been killed with seat belts."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference

"What I have done -- and this is unprecedented ... is I've said to each agency ... 'look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them.'"

June 29, 2011

Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox

"We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf."

June 3, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential campaign

"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2011

Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter

Next year, "you will be mandated by federal law to get rid of your existing light bulbs."

May 20, 2011

AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 a fundraising letter

"The Democrats have already voted to ban our conventional light bulbs ... in favor of dangerous fluorescent light bulbs."

May 20, 2011

Bloggers
stated on November 29, 2010 postings to the Internet

New food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 1, 2010

Chain email
stated on August 2, 2010 a chain e-mail

Under the new health care law, "all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax"

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2010

Chain email
stated on July 28, 2009 a chain e-mail

In the health care bill, "The 'Health Choices Commissioner' will decide health benefits for you. You will have no choice. None."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 30, 2009

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