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Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2017 a Pensacola jobs roundtable:

Says Florida has "the second-lowest taxes, per capita, state taxes of any state in the country."

By Allison Graves • April 13, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on March 7, 2017 his State of the State speech:

"Florida is now the only state in the nation to tax commercial leases."

By Allison Graves • March 8, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 a statement to press:

"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."

By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 a roundtable discussion:

"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."

By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on December 2, 2016 a press release:

More than two months ago President Barack Obama signed a bill for more than $1 billion in Zika funding, but "the federal government has still only committed $7 million" to help Florida.

By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on November 30, 2016 an op-ed in USA Today:

Obamacare "was invented by liberal academic theorists."

By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2016 a Facebook post:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to bring in thousands of refugees to America from all around the world without any kind of security screening."

By Joshua Gillin • September 29, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

"Our economy is not growing."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2016 a press release:

"Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes."

By Joshua Gillin • April 25, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with a customer at a Gainesville, Fla., Starbucks:

"We got a million jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview:

"Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention."

By Joshua Gillin • March 31, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2016 a comment to a Tampa Bay Times reporter:

"We've cut taxes 50 times and look what has happened to our revenues. They've grown."

By Joshua Gillin • February 4, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address:

"For the first time ever, we completely funded the critical needs waiting list so persons with unique abilities can get the help they need."

By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the State address:

"We have completely turned our economy around."

By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2015 an interview on Fox:

The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.

By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on October 14, 2015 a press conference:

"We have the highest funding in (the) K-12 system in the history of the state."

By Joshua Gillin • October 15, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at his economic summit for presidential candidates:

"If you care about the environment, we've got record funding."

By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview in Washington, D.C.:

"The families that are covered through the Low Income Pool is a different group of individuals than are covered by Obamacare."

By Joshua Gillin • May 11, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech:

"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."

By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015

Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2015 interviews with reporters:

On expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2015

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