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Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 17, 2011 a TV appearance.:
"Right now we are spending at an all-time high, close to 25 percent of our GDP [is] being spent on the federal government. But our revenues are at an almost all-time low of about 15 percent [of GDP]."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 22, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on April 19, 2011 a posting on Twitter:
Says he couldn't keep a 42-inch redfish he caught because of fishing rules.
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 22, 2011
Michael Reese
Michael Reese
stated on April 15, 2011 a speech:
If we had the same staffing ratio (of officers to residents) as Seattle, we'd have 300 more officers in our department."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • April 21, 2011
Geraldine Thompson
Geraldine Thompson
stated on April 15, 2011 comments made on the House floor.:
"The facts show that approximately 40 persons on death row have had all of their appellate review completed and await only the governor's signature on a death warrant to end the case."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 20, 2011
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on April 13, 2011 a Twitter post:
"America's wealthiest 25 percent pay 86 percent of total income taxes. Wealthiest 5 percent pay 60 percent of total income taxes."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 20, 2011
Ward Armstrong
Ward Armstrong
stated on March 31, 2011 a Twitter post.:
"[Appalachian Power] wants another 10 percent rate increase. The compensation package for CEO Mike Morris rose 22 percent to $8.7 million in 2010."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 19, 2011
George Turner
George Turner
stated on April 4, 2011 a newspaper article:
"If you go strictly by the numbers, crime is down across the board. Last year we had a 10 percent decrease in the most serious crimes."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 18, 2011
Jim Keffer
Jim Keffer
stated on April 3, 2011 House floor remarks:
"The costs of cancer and all affiliated issues are over $20 billion a year to this state."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 18, 2011
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 12, 2011 a blog post.:
George Allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the No Child Left Behind Act while he was a senator.
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By Jacob Geiger • April 15, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech.:
"Foreign aid makes up about 1 percent of our entire budget."
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By Jacob Geiger • April 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
President Obama has "stopped using the phrase 'war on terror.' "
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By Robert Farley • April 13, 2011
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 11, 2011 a meeting with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial board:
"There used to be 16 workers for every one person on Social Security. ... Now it’s three."
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By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • April 12, 2011
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on April 3, 2011 TV interview:
Proposed fees for Rhode Island beaches will still be "less than some of the town beaches."
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By Richard Salit • April 10, 2011
Broward County Medical Association
Broward County Medical Association
stated on April 2, 2011 an e-mail regarding Gov. Rick Scott:
In Florida, it’s not illegal for an immediate family member of state officials to prosper from legislation supported by a spouse.
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By Laura Figueroa • April 8, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on March 16, 2011 a House committee hearing:
"From '05 to '09, we've had 1,100 soldiers commit suicide, one every 36 hours."
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By Sabrina Eaton • April 8, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 5, 2011 a YouTube video:
Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor. 
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By Jacob Geiger • April 7, 2011
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Stabenow
stated on March 1, 2011 a news release:
A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on April 22, 2011 a press conference:
"The only segment in the beer market that is growing is the craft beer segment."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 6, 2011
James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
stated on April 1, 2011 a segment of WPRI's Newsmakers program:
Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on March 22, 2011 an interview on the Fox Business Channel:
The federal government has "77 different means-tested social welfare programs."
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By Stephen Koff • April 5, 2011
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