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Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on September 12, 2013 a "Tampa Tribune" blog
In Florida "we have 75,000 on (a) waiting list for child care and 23,000 on waiting lists" for community care for the elderly.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at an Americans for Prosperity Foundation conference
"We cut business taxes so today 70 percent of our businesses don't pay a business tax."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2013
Marijuana Policy Project
Marijuana Policy Project
stated on August 15, 2013 a TV ad
Marijuana is "less toxic" than alcohol.
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By Rochelle Koff • August 19, 2013
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 6, 2013 a mayoral forum
"For anybody who's trying to cross the street and has seen those signs that say you have to stop when pedestrians are in the crosswalk, that was a bill that I passed."
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By Aaron Sharockman, Katie Sanders • August 13, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on August 6, 2013 a mayoral debate
"There is no planned air-conditioned restaurant out on the Lens."
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By Katie Sanders • August 8, 2013
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on July 25, 2013 a newspaper ad
Rick Scott  "invested $38 million in the Port of Jacksonville's vital Mile Point Project," which "covered missing federal funds for the project."
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By Katie Sanders • July 26, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on July 17, 2013 a letter to Education Commissioner Tony Bennett
New school testing standards "will consume approximately twenty days of testing for elementary, middle and high school students."
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By Jeffrey S. Solochek • July 22, 2013
Bill Foster
Bill Foster
stated on July 9, 2013 a campaign brochure
"Since I was elected, crime rates have been at their lowest in over a decade."
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By Katie Sanders • July 19, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 20, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"President Obama has the most border patrols and border security deployed at the border of any previous president."
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By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on May 30, 2013 an op-ed
Says Gov. Rick Scott returned "$1 million in federal funding that would have helped the state cover the cost of overseeing insurance rates under the new health care law."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • June 11, 2013
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on May 24, 2013 a Fox News interview
In Miami-Dade County, "we spend at our school system over $20 million every year" educating recent immigrants.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 20, 2013 a press release
"This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century."
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By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2013
Adam Schefter
Adam Schefter
stated on April 25, 2013 a tweet about the NFL Draft
"Odd fact for odd draft: No. 2 overall pick will earn more than the No. 1 pick due to no state tax in Florida. So 2 not so bad."
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By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2013
Brian Anderson
Brian Anderson
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate Rules Committee meeting
"Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida."
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By Katie Sanders • April 10, 2013
Nadine Smith
Nadine Smith
stated on March 27, 2013 a press release
"The financial penalties imposed" on gay couples "can cost us more than $300,000 compared with married heterosexual couples over a lifetime."
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By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2013
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on March 28, 2013 a Board of Governors meeting
"The average student in Florida, what they actually pay out of pocket at our major universities" for tuition is as much or less than what they spend on cellphones.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 3, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 15, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"Already, a prototype driverless car has traveled more than 300,000 miles in the crowded maze of California streets without a single accident."
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By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2013
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 5, 2013 a speech
Florida is "second in the nation in the uninsured."
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By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 a State of the State speech
"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."
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By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 GOP response to Obama's State of the Union
"I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in."
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By Katie Sanders • February 14, 2013
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