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Karl Racine
stated on June 12, 2017 in a press conference:

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the United States, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump International Hotel."

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By Smitha Rajan • June 19, 2017

James Risch
stated on May 15, 2017 in remarks to reporters:

"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2017

Jackie Speier
stated on April 13, 2017 in an interview:

Says President Donald Trump as a candidate mentioned WikiLeaks "over 160 times in speeches" in the last month of the campaign.

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By Gabrielle Healy • April 21, 2017

Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 5, 2017 in an interview explaining his bill:

Says the T.R.U.M.P. Act, which would force presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in North Carolina, "has a lot of support – by a majority of North Carolinians and members of both parties."

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By Will Doran • April 19, 2017

Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 in an open letter to Donald Trump:

Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 in 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

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 in a tweet:

"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail" by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2016

David Perdue
stated on June 22, 2015 in a press release:

The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.

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By April Hunt • July 28, 2015

Brianna Keilar
stated on July 12, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Hillary Clinton's "campaign hasn't been clear about when she wiped her server of her work emails."

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By Linda Qiu • July 12, 2015

American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 4, 2015 in an online post:

"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."

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By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on March 9, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says Hillary Clinton "sent a memo" to all State Department staff that said "you should not do State Department business on personal email."

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By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2015

Bill Kristol
stated on December 22, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck."

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By Katie Sanders • December 22, 2013

Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 in a fundraising letter.:

"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013

Peter Barca
stated on February 19, 2013 in an interview:

"You can't bring an iPad or a piece of paper and a pencil in the (Wisconsin Assembly) gallery to take notes of what's going on," but "you can bring a gun up there."

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By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 2013

Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 in a press release:

Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

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By Janie Har • February 23, 2013

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate.:

"An April study found that about 70 percent of ads in this election cycle have been negative [due to SuperPACs], up from only 9 percent through the same period in 2008."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2012

Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 in a Web video.:

"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."

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By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011

Newsmax
stated on January 14, 2011 in an e-mail solicitation:

"The refusal of many federal employees to fly coach costs taxpayers $146 million annually."

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By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2011

Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on February 24, 2010 in a radio ad:

Gov. Rick Perry "spent over a million dollars on D.C. lobbyists asking for more federal money and lives in a luxury house that costs taxpayers $10,000 a month."

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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 1, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 in a State of the Union speech:

"For the first time in history, my administration posts our White House visitors online."

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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 28, 2010