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Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Last Week Tonight"
"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."
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By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 a conference in Silicon Valley
"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
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By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
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By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on September 9, 2014 a tweet
A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2014
Sam Stein
Sam Stein
stated on October 21, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'
"No one beta-tested" healthcare.gov.
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By Katie Sanders • October 22, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 15, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"Already, a prototype driverless car has traveled more than 300,000 miles in the crowded maze of California streets without a single accident."
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By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on February 19, 2013 an interview
"You can't bring an iPad or a piece of paper and a pencil in the (Wisconsin Assembly) gallery to take notes of what's going on," but "you can bring a gun up there."
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February 24, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 26, 2012 a speech
The federal government has made investments in science and technology inventing the products that led to the creation of Google.
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By Eric Stirgus • July 9, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 14, 2011 his first speech on the U.S. Senate floor
"Anywhere in the world, when someone uses a mobile phone, e-mail, the Internet or GPS, they are enjoying the benefits of the American miracle."
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By Becky Bowers • June 15, 2011
Michael McAuliff
Michael McAuliff
stated on May 17, 2011 website article
"Tommy Thompson wanted to implant data chips in humans."
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May 22, 2011
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on May 18, 2010 an e-mail message
"Last year, (Bill McCollum) spent more than $2.2 million dollars to produce and air campaign-style TV ads where you were featured in almost every frame."
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By Trenton Daniel • May 25, 2010
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