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Rick Scott
stated on February 1, 2021 a press release

States are seeing increases in revenue, with an average decline of just 0.12% compared with 2019. Over half of states report positive growth, including California, New York, and Illinois.

By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2021 a statement given to the press

The Paris Climate Agreement is “bad for America,” because it "does nothing to hold real polluters, like Communist China and India, accountable."

By Jon Greenberg • January 26, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 a television interview

Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020

Rick Scott
stated on June 28, 2020 an interview

Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”

By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2020

Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 a TV ad in Iowa

"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.

By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020

Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian

When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."

By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on July 8, 2019 a tweet

"Americans are traveling to Canada to pay 12 times less for insulin than they would here in the US."

By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 a speech

Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2019 an Orlando Sentinel op-ed

The Democrats’ Green New Deal includes "working towards ending air travel."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on January 19, 2019 a tweet

"I’ve always supported protections for our DREAMers."

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on September 18, 2018 an ad

Says Bill Nelson "skipped 45 percent of the hearings on national security."

By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on September 19, 2018 a campaign appearance

Says Sen. Bill Nelson is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2018 in a TV ad

"Fourth grade reading and math scores, first in the nation. Eighth grade reading, first. High school AP classes and college education, both ranked first in the nation."

By Kyra Haas • September 26, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on July 30, 2018 in a campaign ad

Says Bill Nelson "doesn’t pay payroll taxes for his employees. He doesn’t even provide them with health benefits. It’s stealing money from Medicare and Social Security."

By Katie Akin • August 16, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 an ad

Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.

By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on April 30, 2018 a press release

Says Bill Nelson "voted against requiring Iran to recognize Israel and release American hostages."

By Allison Graves • May 4, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2018 a letter

"For the sixth straight year, we have secured record funding for K-12 and state universities."

By Allison Graves • March 23, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference

Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on January 9, 2018 a press conference

On expanding offshore oil drilling

By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on November 9, 2017 a Tampa news conference

"We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs."

By Allison Graves • November 21, 2017

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