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Charles Schumer
stated on January 3, 2017 an interview on MSNBC

Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."

By Linda Qiu • January 10, 2017

Richard Burr
stated on October 29, 2016 a private meeting with supporters

"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."

By Will Doran • November 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate

Says Donald Trump "said as recently as a few weeks ago in Phoenix that every undocumented person would be subject to deportation."

By Miriam Valverde • October 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2016 a campaign event in Fla.

Says Hillary Clinton "promised, running for the Senate years ago, 200,000 jobs for upstate New York. ... Not only didn't they come, but they lost so many jobs."

By Linda Qiu • October 7, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate

Says Tim Kaine "actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion."

By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on September 6, 2016 a TV ad

The U.S. Senate has "one manufacturer — that'd be me."

By Cara Lombardo • October 4, 2016

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 19, 2016 a statement

Says that except for Donald Trump, "every other major party nominee" for the past 40 years has released their tax returns.

September 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

Says Hillary Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership "the gold standard. You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said it’s the finest deal you’ve ever seen."

By Steve Contorno • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

Says Donald Trump once suggested that he "would try to negotiate down the national debt."

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016

Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump

Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on September 13, 2016 a TV ad

Says Patrick "Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement."

By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN

"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum

"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’ Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header."

By Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016

Hilary Rosen
stated on August 24, 2016 "The Diane Rehm Show"

"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."

By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2016 an email

"It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference."

By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2016

David Plouffe
stated on August 28, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press

Says "Donald Trump himself contributed $100,000" to the Clinton Foundation.

By Linda Qiu • August 28, 2016

Florida First Project
stated on July 14, 2016 a campaign ad

Says Carlos Beruff "supported (Charlie) Crist even after he switched parties."

By Joshua Gillin • August 11, 2016

David Canon
stated on July 9, 2016 a New York Times article

"(Paul Ryan) has actually proposed three — total, three — bills that have become law in his entire career dating back to 1999."

By Cara Lombardo • August 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

Says Trump ties are made "in China, not Colorado. Trump suits in Mexico, not Michigan. Trump furniture in Turkey, not Ohio. Trump picture frames in India, not Wisconsin."

By Lauren Carroll • July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention

Says Donald Trump said at the Republican convention, "I alone can fix it."

By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2016

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