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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 29, 2015 his energy plan
"Since 2008, U.S. crude oil output has increased by over 80 percent, an increase of over 4 million barrels a day. That is the fastest increase in U.S. history."
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By Joshua Gillin • October 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 21, 2015 a fundraising email
"Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history."  
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By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
"As governor of Florida I defunded Planned Parenthood."
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By Joshua Gillin • August 7, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 an announcement on his website
Says his release of 33 years of tax returns is "more than any presidential candidate in history."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando
"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 remarks at an economic summit in Orlando
"You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.
Says he was known as "Veto Corleone" for cutting spending as Florida governor.
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By Joshua Gillin • May 26, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 17, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire
"We have an 80 percent graduation rate in high school after spending more per student than any country in the world other than Liechtenstein, I think, or Luxembourg and a couple other small countries."
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By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 1, 2014 a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event
"Too many" tattoos "on visible body parts" keep some applicants out of the military.
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By Amy Sherman • December 3, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 a fundraising letter
"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."
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By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2014
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 5, 2013 in his book 'Immigration Wars'
"Nearly 65 percent -- almost two-thirds -- of all new permanent residents obtained that status by virtue of their family status."
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By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 26, 2012 an interview on 'Meet the Press.'
"If you look at the number of illegal immigrants coming into the country, it is net zero. It's been that way now for almost two years."
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By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2012
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2010 a campaign commercial for Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum has "recovered $200 million in Medicaid fraud."
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By Laura Figueroa • June 14, 2010