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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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