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William Perry
stated on March 20, 2013 newspaper column:

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held not one conversation with the public about the new Falcons stadium project

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By Janel Davis • April 1, 2013

Pete Snyder
stated on March 6, 2013 a website post.:

"A study by the University of Virginia pulls back the curtain on Medicaid’s tragically bad outcomes, including ‘increased risk of adjusted mortality.’"

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By Nancy Madsen • April 1, 2013

Cleta Winslow
stated on March 18, 2013 a meeting:

"In this city, there hasn’t been a stadium that’s lasted more than 27 years."

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By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2013

Charles Cooper
stated on March 26, 2013 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court:

"Very few men outlive their own fertility."

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By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2013

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on March 14, 2013 a letter:

"[A] 2009 USDA study found that 87 percent of chicken carcasses tested positive for generic E. coli ... just prior to packaging."

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By Eric Stirgus • March 27, 2013

Jack Reed
stated on February 27, 2013 a speech:

"Even Roger Williams National Memorial in my home state of Rhode Island attracted nearly 51,000 visitors in 2011, with non local visitors adding more than $3.2 million to the local economy."

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By John Hill • March 27, 2013

Wayne LaPierre
stated on March 24, 2013 an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press:

Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them."

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By Becky Bowers • March 26, 2013

Scott Walker
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech:

"Under my predecessor, they cut funding for education, but they didn't give them anything in return to make up for that," leading to "less money" for school districts

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By Dave Umhoefer • March 25, 2013

Sean Duffy
stated on March 10, 2013 an interview:

The United States spends "$2.2 billion on free cell phones, $27 million on Moroccan pottery classes" and pays for "the travel expenses for the watermelon queen in Alabama."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 24, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on March 6, 2013 a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group:

Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."

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By Caryn Shinske • March 21, 2013

Sherrod Brown
stated on March 4, 2013 a news release:

Wall Street megabanks that received bailouts in 2009 now get taxpayer-funded advantages not available to community banks in Ohio.

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By Tom Feran • March 20, 2013

Gene McIntyre
stated on February 22, 2013 a guest column:

Says we will pay the new chancellor "a basic salary of nearly $300,000 a year ... an amount that does not include the costs of this public employee’s benefits, perks and living expenses for a lavish house, an upscale car, a spending allowance, and fine dining almost every day on the taxpayer dollar."

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By Yuxing Zheng • March 20, 2013

Jeff Tittel
stated on March 2, 2013 an op-ed column on NJ.com:

"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."

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By Caryn Shinske • March 17, 2013

Joshua Miller
stated on March 1, 2013 a news release:

"In the period from 2007 to 2011, the Office of Health Insurance Commissioner reported an 18 percent decline in the state’s total medical spending."

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By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 16, 2013

Robert Kando
stated on March 7, 2013 testimony before the R.I. House Oversight Committee:

Rhode Island is the last state still using the Optech III P voting machines and they don’t meet suggested federal standards.

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By Tom Mooney • March 16, 2013

Paul Ryan
stated on March 15, 2013 a speech at CPAC:

"Our debt is already bigger than our economy."

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By Molly Moorhead • March 15, 2013

Jamie Radtke
stated on March 3, 2013 a website post.:

The transportation package passed by the General Assembly would impose the "largest tax increase in Virginia’s history."

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By Sean Gorman • March 15, 2013

Marco Rubio
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the conservative CPAC conference:

"There are 3 million jobs available in America that are not filled because too many of our people don’t have the skills for those jobs."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2013

Jim Renacci
stated on February 15, 2013 a commentary:

"Raising taxes on investment income has actually lowered the revenue received from the tax, while cutting capital gains tax rates has increased revenue."

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By Tom Feran • March 14, 2013

Will Weatherford
stated on March 5, 2013 remarks on first day of session:

The Legislature needs to spend $500 million to "shore up" the pension fund this year and the next 28 years to keep it "afloat."

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By Katie Sanders • March 11, 2013

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