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Mike Lee
Mike Lee
stated on August 4, 2013 a 'USA Today' op-ed
Says unions call Obamacare "bad for workers."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 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
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show"
Many uninsured Americans are "young."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 4, 2013 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Obamacare … carries on even under a government shutdown."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2013
Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
stated on August 5, 2013 an interview with MSNBC
"Half of all adults have a pre-existing condition" that could affect their health care coverage.
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By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2013
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on July 7, 2013 an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”
Says Obama administration delay of health care law's employer mandate affects about 1 percent of the American workforce.
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By Becky Bowers • July 12, 2013
Dave Schwartz
Dave Schwartz
stated on June 17, 2013 a speech.
"Twenty-four percent of doctors in Virginia currently don’t accept new Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low."
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By Nancy Madsen • July 12, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program
"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
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By Caryn Shinske • June 23, 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."
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By Katie Sanders • June 11, 2013
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on May 17, 2013 a tweet
"If Obamacare is fully implemented, 30 million people will still be without health insurance."
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By Sabrina Eaton • June 10, 2013
Carolyn Tomei
Carolyn Tomei
stated on May 15, 2013 a House floor speech
Says, "In Oregon in 2010, 49 percent of all pregnancies were unintended."
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By Janie Har • May 24, 2013
Robert Deuell
Robert Deuell
stated on May 13, 2013 remarks on the floor of the Texas Senate.
Says it's "estimated that 300 babies a year are sent home from the hospital with an unrecognized congenital heart defect; it is the most common birth defect in America."                   
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 21, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
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By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 a radio interview.
Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."
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By Nancy Madsen • April 8, 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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 20, 2013 a speech
"In Wisconsin, only half of all the adults with serious psychological distress received mental health treatment or medication."
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March 8, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
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By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
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By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
Peter Courtney
Peter Courtney
stated on February 6, 2013 a press release
Says, "Statistics indicate that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults in Oregon suffers from mental illness."
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By Janie Har • February 16, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial
Says Texas is "last in mental health expenditures."
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By Sue Owen • February 8, 2013
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