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Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 a column in The New York Times

Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."

By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012

Cory Booker
stated on May 4, 2012 a speech at an American Federation for Children event

Says New Jersey’s prison system is "61 percent African-American even though our state is just 13 percent black."

By Erin O'Neill • May 21, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on April 1, 2012 an interview with on NJTV's "On The Record."

New Jersey has "the highest property taxes in the nation and not by a little. They are the highest property taxes in the nation, more than double the national average."

By Caryn Shinske • May 10, 2012

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."

By Erin O'Neill • May 9, 2012

Nia Gill
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview on NJToday

"There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades."

By Bill Wichert • May 9, 2012

Frank Lautenberg
stated on April 26, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor

Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked."

By Erin O'Neill • May 3, 2012

Barbara Buono
stated on April 30, 2012 a news release

"Wisconsin lost more jobs over the past 12 months than any other state."

By Bill Wichert • May 2, 2012

John Wisniewski
stated on April 13, 2012 a video press release

"If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax."

By Erin O'Neill • April 23, 2012

Jennifer Beck
stated on April 11, 2012 an interview on NJToday

"The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns."

By Bill Wichert • April 19, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on March 28, 2012 a video posted on YouTube

Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."

By Bill Wichert • April 11, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on March 23, 2012 an appearance at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

"To get out of the (teachers) union, you pay 85 percent of $731. Then you're out of the union, but you've got to pay it every year, also required by statute. That’s called a representation fee."

By Bill Wichert • April 5, 2012

Susan Cole
stated on March 13, 2012 an interview on NJTV

"New Jersey loses net, that is minus those who come into the state, 30,000 students a year."

By Erin O'Neill • March 22, 2012

Wayne DeAngelo
stated on February 27, 2012 a Letter to the Editor in The Times of Trenton

"If we keep the minimum wage at the current level, then single-parent families earning the minimum wage at a full-time job will live in poverty in New Jersey."

By Erin O'Neill • March 9, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 his budget speech

Says the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget "is still below the level of state spending when I took office."

By Bill Wichert • March 8, 2012

Scott Garrett
stated on February 15, 2012 a radio interview

Says "half the Americans don't pay any income taxes."

By Bill Wichert • February 29, 2012

Loretta Weinberg
stated on February 7, 2012 an interview on NJTV

Says a 1915 referendum on women’s right to vote "went down in New Jersey. And it took the Legislature to pass it."

By Erin O'Neill • February 16, 2012

John Wisniewski
stated on February 7, 2012 a radio interview

"Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them."

By Bill Wichert • February 15, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on January 22, 2012 an interview on “Meet the Press”

Says the New York Giants "train in New Jersey, they play in New Jersey and most of their players live in New Jersey."

By Erin O'Neill • January 29, 2012

Rush Holt
stated on December 14, 2011 a press release

"Before this day is out, 18 more veterans will have taken their own lives. That is the daily average, it is intolerable, and it has to stop."

By Caryn Shinske • January 26, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on January 17, 2012 a press release

"Under this tax cut, middle-class families don't save enough for a week's worth of groceries, while millionaires save enough to go on an exotic vacation."

By Erin O'Neill • January 22, 2012

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