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Angus King
stated on March 4, 2018 in an interview:

"China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S."

By John Kruzel • March 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 remarks at the White House:

The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."

By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017

Karl Racine
stated on June 12, 2017 a press conference:

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whose government has important business and policy before the president of the United States, has already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump International Hotel."

By Smitha Rajan • June 19, 2017

Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC:

"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."

By Will Doran • April 24, 2017

David Perdue
stated on March 1, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily":

"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."

By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 an interview:

"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."

By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2017

Social Media
stated on March 6, 2017 social media posts:

"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2017

Bob Corker
stated on February 15, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Today, 27 million people .. are enslaved."

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2017

Benjamin Netanyahu
stated on February 15, 2017 a joint press conference with President Donald Trump:

In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ "

By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2017

Jeanne Shaheen
stated on January 24, 2017 a Senate floor speech:

Says Donald Trump's abortion rule "puts at risk 15 times more funding and millions more women and families ... than previous similar policies by Republican presidents."

By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017

Nikki Haley
stated on January 18, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing:

"Some countries are contributing (peacekeeping) troops because they're making money off of them."

By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference at Trump Tower:

The Russians "tried to hack the Republican National Committee, and they were unable to break through."

By Lauren Carroll • January 11, 2017

Brahma Chellaney
stated on December 28, 2016 a website op-ed:

"Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica."

By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2016 a speech:

America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."

By Tom Kertscher • December 15, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week:

"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 an interview:

Says Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has "paid to export throughout the world" Wahhabism -- "an extreme form of Islam" that basically teaches "Americans are the devil."

By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 16, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"In exchange for five minutes with Bill Clinton, the government of Qatar was going to give $1 million to the Clinton Foundation."

By Linda Qiu • October 16, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.:

"Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama."

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 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

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

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