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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on April 9, 2013 in remarks at Politico breakfastt:
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
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By Stephen Koff • April 15, 2013
Michele Walsh
Michele Walsh
stated on April 4, 2013 in a radio discussion:
"Within the three miles surrounding the University Circle area, infant mortality exceeds some Third World countries."
True
By Tom Feran • April 12, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 in a television interview:
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
Progress Ohio
Progress Ohio
stated on March 26, 2013 in a fundraising email:
"It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay."
True
By Tom Feran • April 2, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 15, 2013 in a tweet:
"Under Gov. Kasich, Ohio wages have increased by $10.3 billion."
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By Tom Feran • March 21, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on February 20, 2013 in a television interview:
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
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By Stephen Koff • March 11, 2013
Dave Joyce
Dave Joyce
stated on February 13, 2013 in a radio interview:
"There are 3 million jobs that go vacant each month in this country."
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By Sabrina Eaton • February 19, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on February 4, 2013 in a news conference:
"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."
True
By Tom Feran • February 14, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 4, 2013 in a news release:
 "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."
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By Tom Feran • February 11, 2013
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 24, 2013 in a news release:
Says out-of-state abortion clinics "have marketed their services to minors" in states with parental consent laws.
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By Stephen Koff • February 6, 2013
Mike Polensek
Mike Polensek
stated on January 15, 2013 in a television interview:
"It is ironic that (First Energy Corp. is) going to have a name on our (football stadium) where we (Cleveland Public Power) supply the electricity."
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By Tom Feran • January 23, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:
Abraham Lincoln "visited and some say even danced in (the Ohio Senate) chamber."
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By Tom Feran • January 21, 2013
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on January 7, 2013 in a speech on the House floor:
"I am now the No. 2 member of this House in terms of length of service."
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By Tom Feran • January 18, 2013
Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus
stated on January 3, 2013 in an online video:
"Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support."
True
By Joe Guillen • January 17, 2013
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 6, 2013 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Seven of America’s 10 wealthiest counties are in the Washington, D.C., area.
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By Sabrina Eaton • January 14, 2013
Terry Russell
Terry Russell
stated on December 6, 2012 in in an interview:
"Individuals with mental illnesses die an average of 25 years earlier than those without a mental illness."
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By Tom Feran • January 2, 2013
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on November 27, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:
"Fourteen million Americans' mortgages are greater than the value of their homes."
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By Tom Feran • December 14, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 in a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau:
Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
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By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference:
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
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By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012
Anne Goodman
Anne Goodman
stated on December 3, 2012 in an interview with The Plain Dealer:
Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.
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By Stephen Koff • December 6, 2012
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