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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