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Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2016 remarks in Ottawa, Canada

"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference in Australia.

"My position hasn’t changed" on using executive authority to address immigration issues.

By Steve Contorno • November 20, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on September 7, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press."

Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State.

By Steve Contorno • September 7, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2014 a Funnyordie.com "Between Two Ferns" interview with Zach Galifianakis

"Most young Americans right now, they’re not covered" by health insurance.

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on February 20, 2014 a speech to Democratic governors

"We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."

By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2013 an interview with the 'New York Times'

The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."

By Jon Greenberg • July 31, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address

"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."

By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union Address

"Throughout, we have kept Congress fully informed of our efforts" to create a legal framework on counterterrorism.

By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on December 5, 2012 a report

"If the House of Representatives fails to extend the middle-class tax cuts, 400,000 middle-class Rhode Island families will see their federal income taxes increase."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 16, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate

Says Mitt Romney "called the Arizona law a model for the nation."

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate in Denver

"Under Gov. Romney's definition ... Donald Trump is a small business."

By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate in Denver

Because of Obamacare, "over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- it's true -- but they've gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years."

By J.B. Wogan • October 4, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 23, 2012 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes"

"Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush’s policies and the recession.

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview on Univision

"Fast and Furious" began under the Bush administration.

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Amy Sherman • September 24, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2012 a speech in San Antonio.

Mitt Romney "says the Arizona immigration law should be a model for the nation."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2012 a Web ad

Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.

By Molly Moorhead • May 14, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 8, 2012 a speech in Albany, N.Y.

"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me."

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website

"Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double."

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on April 2, 2012 a Rose Garden press conference

If the Supreme Court throws out the federal health care law, it "would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress."

By Molly Moorhead • April 4, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on February 15, 2012 a speech at Milwaukee's Master Lock plant

"For the first time since 1990, American manufacturers are creating new jobs."

By Dave Umhoefer • February 22, 2012

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