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Mike Scott
Mike Scott
stated on January 11, 2014 a Facebook post:
"Trey Radel does not even qualify to drive a Lee County school bus at this point, yet he occupies a seat in Congress."
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By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2014
Edward Lindsey
Edward Lindsey
stated on October 29, 2013 a press release:
Most voters prefer zombies to the current U.S. Congress.  
True
By Eric Stirgus • October 31, 2013
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 9, 2013 remarks from the Senate floor:
"Ninety six percent of employers in the Granite State are considered small businesses."
True
By Jim Haddadin • October 11, 2013
Chris Latvala
Chris Latvala
stated on October 9, 2013 a tweet:
"Many don’t know that Bill Young was once the minority leader in the Florida Senate...because he was the only Republican senator."
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By Katie Sanders • October 9, 2013
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on October 2, 2013 an interview on CNN:
There is "a constitutional issue" that affects "the paychecks of members of Congress" during a shutdown.
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By Amy Sherman • October 7, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on September 23, 2013 an interview on the John Gambling radio program:
"I would be the first Republican senator elected in New Jersey in 41 years."
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By Caryn Shinske • September 29, 2013
James Langevin
James Langevin
stated on August 12, 2013 an interview on WPRO-AM:
Under Obamacare, members of Congress are required to purchase their health insurance from the new exchanges.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 18, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on April 7, 2013 a television interview:
North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."
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By Michael McKinney • May 10, 2013
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on February 7, 2013 a press call :
Says, "Since 1994 when VAWA was first passed, incidents of domestic violence have dropped more than 50 percent."
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By Charles Pope • February 11, 2013
Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on January 25, 2013 a meeting:
"Forty-seven percent of (members of Congress) are millionaires."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 4, 2013
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on November 11, 2012:
Says she is "entering in the most diverse class ever," of U.S. Representatives
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By Jake Berry, Maryalice Gill • November 21, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 16, 2012 a TV debate:
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown shows someone can be bipartisan in Congress because he "votes about 66 percent with his own party."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2012
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on September 22, 2012 in a press release.:
"We haven’t passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year."
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By Michael Collins • September 28, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 26, 2012 an appearance on "Face the Nation" on CBS:
Says that in the U.S. House of Representatives "we’ve had bipartisan support for the repeal of Obamacare … for getting rid of cap and trade … for building the Keystone Pipeline."
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By Bartholomew Sullivan • September 24, 2012
Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
stated on June 20, 2012 in a news release :
"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."
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By Charles Pope • June 29, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 4, 2012 a speech at a Cato Institute event:
"We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate."
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By Erin O'Neill • May 9, 2012
Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper
stated on March 20, 2012 an op-ed published in The Hill.:
"Congress as a whole is less popular than it’s been since polling was invented."
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By Michael Collins • April 19, 2012
Weston Wamp
Weston Wamp
stated on April 3, 2012 in a press release.:
"The average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57 years old."
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By Michael Collins, Elijah Herington • April 9, 2012
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on March 7, 2012 her column.:
Says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator."
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By Sue Owen • March 29, 2012
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