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Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview:
"The port provides more than 297,000 jobs directly to the state of Georgia."
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By Eric Stirgus • May 6, 2013
Joe Sanfelippo
Joe Sanfelippo
stated on April 10, 2013 legislative testimony:
Says a state bill checks the spending habits of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors by "bringing it in line with other county boards around the state."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 5, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 an interview on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program:
"We’re spending less money today, in upcoming fiscal year 2014 than the Corzine-Buono budget spent in fiscal year 2008."
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By Caryn Shinske • May 5, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 24, 2013 a campaign speech:
"Just about everyone everywhere is spending more hours on the job, less time with their families, bringing home smaller and smaller paychecks, while they're paying more and more at the gas pump and the grocery stores."
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By Tom Feran • May 3, 2013
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on February 14, 2013 a Senate hearing:
South Carolina has a labor shortage, specifically in the meatpacking industry.
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By Janel Davis • May 3, 2013
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on April 15, 2013 a press release:
"The Internal Revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the Bible with none of the good news."
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By Caryn Shinske • May 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 30, 2013 a press conference:
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 23, 2013 an interview with MSNBC:
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 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
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on April 15, 2013 a press conference with Gov. Rick Perry, April 15, 2013:
Says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas.
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By Sue Owen • April 26, 2013
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on April 15, 2013 a news release about tax reform:
"The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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By Caryn Shinske • April 25, 2013
Texas Association of School Boards
Texas Association of School Boards
stated on April 24, 2013 an advertisement.:
"Texas ranks 49th in per-pupil funding among the states."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 24, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2013 a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013:
Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.
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By Sue Owen • April 24, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on April 9, 2013 a Facebook posting:
"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
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By Sabrina Eaton • April 24, 2013
Peter King
Peter King
stated on April 22, 2013 an interview with MSNBC:
The Boston Marathon bombing "is the fifth case" in which U.S. government officials examined individuals potentially involved in terrorism "and felt they were no threat and they went on to carry out terrorist murders."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on April 17, 2013 a speech on the Senate floor:
"No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons."
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By Becky Bowers • April 22, 2013
John Barrow
John Barrow
stated on April 5, 2013 a letter:
Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.
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By Eric Stirgus • April 22, 2013
Ohio Public Defender's Office
Ohio Public Defender's Office
stated on April 12, 2013 a newspaper interview:
"The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research that's out there says that it has no positive impact on the public safety."
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By Tom Feran • April 22, 2013
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 a statement.:
Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."
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By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2013 remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2013
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