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Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 13, 2013 an interview
"We’re 49th in the United States in new businesses created."
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By Dave Umhoefer • October 20, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on October 18, 2013 a letter
Says "by reducing chronic health care costs in the State of Georgia, we can reduce the $32.8 billion lost each year due to lack of productivity and economic costs."
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By Eric Stirgus • October 18, 2013
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 6, 2013 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2013
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 1, 2013 a tweet
The shutdown is projected to result in "$10 billion in costs to the economy per week."
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By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2013
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on September 13, 2013 an op-ed
"For the last decade, Floridians’ salaries have shrunk substantially" when adjusted for inflation.
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By Rochelle Koff • October 1, 2013
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on September 22, 2013 a roundtable on ABC’s “This Week”
Under economic sanctions, "now Iran is suffering 30 percent inflation, 20 percent unemployment."
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By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 an interview on CNN's "Crossfire"
"Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2013
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 26, 2013 an event to launch her reelection bid
South Carolina has "the fastest-growing economy in the Southeast."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 30, 2013 a speech in Chattanooga, Tenn.
"This year, we're off to our best private-sector jobs growth since 1999."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech in Galesburg, Ill.
The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 10, 2013 an interview
"We’re importing about 10 percent of our milk supply. We’re America’s Dairyland, but yet we don’t have enough milk in this state to meet the demand for our cheesemakers."
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July 22, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 12, 2013 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2013
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on June 11, 2013 a House of Representatives floor speech
"If you are born poor in America, we rank ninth or tenth in our citizens’ ability to climb up through that ladder and get themselves into the middle class."
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By Sabrina Eaton • June 26, 2013
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on June 6, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island Senate
"Rhode Island has a [inmate] recidivism rate of over 60 percent."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 16, 2013
Abel Collins
Abel Collins
stated on June 2, 2013 an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference."
"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 9, 2013
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on May 29, 2013 leadership forum
My office is about a 300-step walk to the governor's office.
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By Janel Davis • June 5, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 23, 2013 a press release
Says  "With nearly 75 percent of Americans supportive of the construction of the pipeline, Schrader needs to explain to Oregon families why he voted against this needed project."  
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By Janie Har • June 1, 2013
Mike Foley
Mike Foley
stated on April 23, 2013 news release
Ohio’s lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.
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By Robert Higgs • May 13, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on May 8, 2013 an email blast.
"The economy added more jobs during four years under Obama than it did in the entire eight years under George W. Bush."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2013
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