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Hillary Clinton
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Charlotte, N.C.

Says Donald Trump "wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage."

By Will Doran • July 8, 2016

David Miliband
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"

"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."

By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016

Dave Brat
stated on May 24, 2016 Facebook post.

"The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s."

By Sean Gorman • June 13, 2016

Gina Raimondo
stated on January 26, 2016 economic development report

"Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI … Advantage:Rhode Island."

By Mark Reynolds • February 7, 2016

Jerry Brown
stated on January 21, 2016 a State of the State address

"Two million new jobs have been created," in California since 2011.

By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his State of the Union speech

"Our businesses have created jobs every single month since (Obamacare) became law."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

Charlotte Nash
stated on November 17, 2015 a statement

Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.

By Nancy Badertscher • December 11, 2015

Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 3, 2015 a news conference.

"Since 2008, we have cut 5,000 positions" from Virginia public schools.

By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2015

Glenn Grothman
stated on October 30, 2015 an interview

Wisconsin’s 6th congressional "district has more manufacturing jobs than almost any other" in the nation.

By James B. Nelson • November 20, 2015

Butch Conway
stated on September 16, 2015 press conference

The racial and ethnic makeup of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office mirrors the community it serves.

By Nancy Badertscher • September 29, 2015

Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech

Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."

August 27, 2015

Chris Riley
stated on July 17, 2015 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog post

Since Volvo spurned Georgia for South Carolina in early May, some 3,455 jobs promising more than $800 million in investments have come to the Peach State.

By April Hunt • July 31, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando

"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."

By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015

Senate Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 interviews

The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.

By Nancy Badertscher • May 13, 2015

Texas Organizing Project
stated on March 5, 2015 a press release

"The unemployment rate among blacks in Texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in Texas since 2000."

By Alex Wilts • April 23, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 the governor's State of the State address

"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."

By April Hunt • February 3, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address

The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Wayne. Mich.

Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015

Mark Drewniak
stated on January 6, 2015 in a press interview

Mercedes said high taxes and the cost of doing business in New Jersey worked to Georgia’s advantage in landing the company's USA corporate headquarters.

By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • January 14, 2015

Hank Huckaby
stated on December 16, 2014 civic club speech

Only 42 percent of young Georgians have a college certificate or degree, but soon 60 percent of jobs will require some college credential.

By Nancy Badertscher • January 7, 2015

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