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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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