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Scott Surovell
stated on February 4, 2015 a floor speech.

"When did the decline of coal start? It started when natural gas took off … that started to begin in (President George W.) Bush’s administration."

By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015

Lori Haas
stated on January 19, 2015 a news conference

In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed."

By Sean Gorman • February 16, 2015

Alfonso Lopez
stated on January 19, 2015 a floor speech.

Ronald Reagan "banned ownership of fully automatic rifles. He supported the assault weapons ban."

By Warren Fiske • February 4, 2015

Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post.

Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."

By Nancy Madsen • December 30, 2014

Jim Webb
stated on November 19, 2014 an announcement.

The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and "happen to be more than 90 percent white."

By Sean Gorman • December 1, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.

Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."

By Nancy Madsen • October 24, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV ad.

Says PolitiFact has ruled that Ed Gillespie’s ads are false and misleading.

By Nancy Madsen • October 13, 2014

Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on September 16, 2014 a news release.

"Hospitals have already begun layoffs, a direct result of Republican inaction" on Medicaid expansion.

By Nancy Madsen • October 6, 2014

Mark Obenshain
stated on August 13, 2014 a newsletter.

Virginia Democrats recently enforced voter ID rules that were "considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce."

By Nancy Madsen • September 9, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on June 9, 2014 a TV interview.

Says Mark Warner has supported Harry Reid "down the line."

By Nancy Madsen • July 6, 2014

Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 26, 2014 a radio interview.

State Medicaid expansion "will save our treasury $1 billion over the next eight years."

By Nancy Madsen • March 30, 2014

Dwight Jones
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech

The Redskins Training Camp deal "generated $40 million in new private investment in the city."

By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • March 4, 2014

Mark Warner
stated on December 16, 2013 an interview.

"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"

By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2014

Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech.

"We expanded charter" schools.

By Nancy Madsen • January 13, 2014

Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 4, 2013 a TV ad

Says Ken Cuccinelli tried to make it more difficult for mothers to obtain divorces.

By Nancy Madsen • September 26, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 27, 2013 a news conference.

"I’ve never supported legislation that invades people’s choices about contraception."

By Sean Gorman • September 16, 2013

Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on July 25, 2013 a web ad.

"Rep. Frank Wolf voted to allow terror suspects to buy guns."

By Nancy Madsen • September 6, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 29, 2013 a radio interview.

Says Virginia saved $300 million by rebidding a Metrorail construction project to exclude guaranteed union contracts.

By Nancy Madsen • August 12, 2013

Ron Meyer
stated on April 29, 2013 a TV interview.

"Only three in 10 young Americans under 30 -- 30 percent under 30 -- have full-time work."

By Sean Gorman • May 13, 2013

Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 14, 2013 a TV appearance.

Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are "down 40 percent" under President Barack Obama.

By Nancy Madsen • May 1, 2013

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