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Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan
stated on March 5, 2012 an interview on "The Daily Show":
"It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 12, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on February 24, 2012 an e-mail newsletter:
"A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage."
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By Erin O'Neill • March 12, 2012
Ted Jackson
Ted Jackson
stated on February 29, 2012 a letter:
Georgia ranks "last in job growth."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 12, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on February 13, 2012 a campaign video posted on YouTube:
"They're paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years."
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By Bill Wichert • March 11, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 6, 2012 a campaign speech in Steubenville, Ohio:
"A little less than 50 percent of the people in this country depend on some form of federal payment, some form of government benefit to help provide for them."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on February 25, 2012 a forum:
"Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 7, 2012
Glenford Shibley
Glenford Shibley
stated on December 9, 2011 a news release:
"Rhode Island is the only state where officers at state-supported [colleges] carry out their duties unarmed."
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By Alex Kuffner • March 7, 2012
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on February 15, 2012 a speech:
"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 5, 2012
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on March 1, 2012 interview on "The Colbert Report":
There are "a larger number of shark attacks in Florida than there are cases of voter fraud."
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By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2012 an interview with WTSP:
"In some communities, for $10,000 worth of (PIP) coverage it’s $1,500 a year."
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By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 23, 2012 a speech in Miami:
"We supported the first new nuclear power plant in three decades."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Arizona:
Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 2, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 18, 2011 a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa:
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
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By Sue Owen • February 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech:
"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "
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By Erin O'Neill • February 26, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 22, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It's now 17 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2012
Bill Proctor
Bill Proctor
stated on January 6, 2012 a newspaper article:
"Right now, 50 percent of Florida students leaving high school cannot read at grade level."
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By Amy Sherman • February 23, 2012
New Jersey Senate Democrats
New Jersey Senate Democrats
stated on January 18, 2012 a press release:
"The governor is trying to take credit for recent actions taken by these companies. The problem is that for all three companies, the decision to move or stay in New Jersey happened before Chris Christie became governor."  
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By Caryn Shinske • February 23, 2012
Bruce Starr
Bruce Starr
stated on February 16, 2012 a floor speech:
Other states have considered or have sunset advisory commissions; the federal government has the ability, too.
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By Janie Har • February 22, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on February 4, 2012 an interview:
"I have a very conservative voting record."
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By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2012
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