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Ertharin Cousin
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech transcript on Medium

"One extra year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality rates among their children by up to 10 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2016

Americans For Prosperity, North Carolina chapter
stated on June 1, 2016 an official statement

There are "500 failing schools in North Carolina"

By Will Doran • June 16, 2016

John Pagliarini
stated on April 11, 2016 a speech

"You’re in more trouble if you leave your pet in the car than if you leave your child in the car."

By Jacqueline Tempera • April 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate

The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016

Greenville Gazette
stated on February 1, 2015 an article

Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."

By Andy East • November 6, 2015

Randy Forbes
stated on June 16, 2015 a written statement.

"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."

By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2015

Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 a speech

A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country."

June 11, 2015

James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal

"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."

By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014

Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers

The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University

"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."

By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014

Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry

Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014

Raul Labrador
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press"

The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."

By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2014

EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 a television ad

"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."

By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2014

Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC

If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."

By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014

Jimmy Carter
stated on April 6, 2014 interview while promoting book

Atlanta is the No. 1 trading point for sexual slavery in America. Between 100 and 200 girls are sold into slavery in Atlanta every month.

By Nancy Badertscher • April 25, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2014 a speech in Orlando

"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."

By Steve Contorno • March 26, 2014

Allen Peake
stated on March 3, 2014 a meeting

Every child in Colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.

By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2014

Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference

Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2014 a Facebook post

"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2014

Dream Defenders
stated on July 22, 2013 a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary

"Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area."

By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2013

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