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City of Austin
City of Austin
stated on November 8, 2013 a press release
"Nearly 20% of our residents" are born abroad.
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By Sue Owen • November 20, 2013
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement
"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."  
True
September 29, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Don Lemon
Don Lemon
stated on July 27, 2013 a commentary on CNN
"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2013
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 16, 2013 an MSNBC interview
Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."  
True
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2013
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 20, 2012 a news release
Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
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By Tom Feran • November 21, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 a news release
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
True
By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on March 12, 2012 an interview on PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton on MSNBC
"The poorest in this country are women."
True
By Peter Krouse • March 26, 2012
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on March 2, 2012 an interview
Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused."
True
March 25, 2012
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on December 15, 2011 a news release
"The top 10 most well-paid CEOs in America received a combined $770 million in 2010, while the average American worker’s wage rose just 2 percent."
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By Peter Krouse • January 19, 2012
Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on October 14, 2011 commentary piece
"Nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 21, 2011
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on June 26, 2011 an interview on 10 News Conference
Rhode Island spends "52 percent more per capita on human service programs than the national average."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 1, 2011 a House committee hearing
"Seventy of Ohio's 88 counties now have more than 25 percent of their residents eligible for emergency food."
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By Tom Feran • June 24, 2011
Amy Hanauer
Amy Hanauer
stated on May 5, 2011 at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse
"To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch."
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By Joe Guillen • May 24, 2011
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 a news release
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
December 2, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 a TV and Internet commercial
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 15, 2008 a speech at a Chicago church
"More than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled — doubled — since we were children."
True
By Stephanie Garry • June 23, 2008
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on November 28, 2007 St. Petersburg, Fla.
"In the African-American community today, 68 percent of kids born are born out of wedlock."
True
By Janet Zink • November 28, 2007
Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
stated on September 5, 2007 a debate in Durham, N.H.
"Currently, we're at 36 percent of our children born out of wedlock."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 3, 2007
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