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William Devereaux
William Devereaux
stated on May 10, 2016 in a legislative hearing :
"You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want...but we can’t grow it."  
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By Jacqueline Tempera • May 22, 2016
Richard Ferruccio
Richard Ferruccio
stated on February 23, 2016 in a legislative hearing :
"We do not have an overcrowding problem. As a matter of fact, Rhode Island has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country."  
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By Jacqueline Tempera • March 20, 2016
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on January 26, 2016 in economic development report:
"Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI … Advantage:Rhode Island."
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By Mark Reynolds • February 7, 2016
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on January 20, 2016 in a letter:
"It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces."  
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By Mark Reynolds • January 31, 2016
David Sweetser
David Sweetser
stated on January 3, 2016 in an interview:
Boston is just 60 minutes away and it’s offering subsidies to developers who can charge higher rent than you can get in Providence while construction costs are more or less equal. As a result, the Boston skyline "is completely dominated by the cranes."  
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By Mark Reynolds • January 17, 2016
Nicholas Mattiello
Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 3, 2016 in newspaper story:
"Let’s start with the premise that Rhode Island already has one of the 10 strictest [gun laws] amongst all the states."  
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By Mark Reynolds • January 10, 2016
Mason Tvert
Mason Tvert
stated on October 27, 2015 in a news release:
"Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on."    
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By Mark Reynolds • November 8, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 18, 2015 in U.S. Senate:
"This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years."  
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By Mark Reynolds • June 21, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 1, 2015 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
Annual precipitation "has increased in Rhode Island by over 12 inches in the last century."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 14, 2015
John Taylor
John Taylor
stated on April 24, 2015 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"The people of Tiverton have historically supported [gambling measures] at a rate higher than the rest of the state."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 7, 2015
Elizabeth Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:
"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 in a news conference:
"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’
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By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015
Steven Frias
Steven Frias
stated on February 24, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2015
James Skeffington
James Skeffington
stated on February 10, 2015 in a radio interview:
Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."
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By Katie Mulvaney • February 26, 2015
Karina Wood
Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 in testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee:
Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015
Susan Shapiro
Susan Shapiro
stated on January 15, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
"The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S."
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By Katie Mulvaney • February 9, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2014 in a Senate floor speech:
"January through November 2014, the year so far, were the hottest first 11 months of any year recorded."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 12, 2015
James Aubin
James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."
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By Katie Mulvaney • January 11, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 in a TV interview:
The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 in a community forum:
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
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By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
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