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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 28, 2024 a post on X:
“This month alone, more than 16,000 non-citizens have been removed from the voter rolls in 3 states.”
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By Amy Sherman, Samantha Putterman • August 29, 2024
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 a press release:
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 8, 2019 a tweet:
"Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US."  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2018 a letter:
"For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities."  
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By Allison Graves • March 23, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 9, 2017 a Tampa news conference :
"We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs."
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By Allison Graves • November 21, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 2, 2016 a press release:
More than two months ago President Barack Obama signed a bill for more than $1 billion in Zika funding, but "the federal government has still only committed $7 million" to help Florida.
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By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address:
"For the first time ever, we completely funded the critical needs waiting list so persons with unique abilities can get the help they need."
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By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address:
"We have completely turned our economy around."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2015 an interview on Fox:
The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.
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By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech:
"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address:
"We have cut taxes more than 40 times in four years."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address:
Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 a CNN debate:
Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.
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By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a Telemundo debate:
Says a bill he vetoed to give driver licenses to certain immigrants known as Dreamers would have changed "nothing."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate:
"The CBO says if we raise the minimum wage the way Charlie (Crist) wants to do it, it would lose 500,000 jobs."
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By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate in Miramar:
"832,000 people lost their job while (Charlie Crist was) governor."
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By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 1, 2014 a press statement:
"Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida.
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By Amy Sherman • August 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2014 a campaign tweet:
"Governor Scott Cut Taxes 40 Times For Florida Families"
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By Joshua Gillin, Katie Sanders • May 21, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2014 an email from his campaign:
"Charlie Crist signed into law an automatic 15 percent annual tuition increase that put college further out of reach for many Floridians."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 4, 2014 the State of the State speech:
"Florida high schools are four out of the top 10 in the entire United States."
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By Amy Sherman • March 4, 2014
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