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Steve Bullock
Steve Bullock
stated on May 19, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 a radio interview.:
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
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By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 12, 2019 an interview on ABC This Week:
"When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."
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By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet:
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."
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By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 10, 2019 a tweet:
Says Wisconsin payday loans have a 574% average annual interest rate, "exploitative lending that keeps Americans trapped in debt"
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By Eric Litke • May 14, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 29, 2019 climate change plan:
"Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today."
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By Miriam Valverde • May 14, 2019
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on May 8, 2019 posted on Twitter:
"The so-called ‘heartbeat’ law outlaws abortion before most women even know that they're pregnant. This is one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in our country." 
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By Shefali Luthra • May 13, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 29, 2019 a tweet:
"19% of WVians rely on SNAP," or food stamps.
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By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • May 10, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on April 17, 2019 a tweet:
"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."
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By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • May 10, 2019
Joel Griffith
Joel Griffith
stated on April 28, 2019 an op-ed on Fox News:
"Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2019
Cody Smith
Cody Smith
stated on March 6, 2019 a capitol report:
"Our state transportation department already has a heavy debt load and has paid more than $700 million in debt payments in just the last two years."
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By Zara McDowell-Barker • May 8, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2019 an interview on CNN:
"One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 29, 2019 a cable TV news interview.:
"We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism." 
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By Shefali Luthra • May 1, 2019
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall in New Hampshire:
"Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event:
"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
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By Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on April 13, 2019 a Tweet:
"Most of home care is paid by government programs."
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By Yanqi Xu • April 25, 2019
Nikki Bowmar
Nikki Bowmar
stated on March 30, 2019 a comment in a newspaper article:
Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."
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By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 a press release:
"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."
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By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 24, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 16, 2019 a speech.:
"Disparities in infant mortality between white America and black America (are) greater today, in 2019,  than in the year 1850..."
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By Warren Fiske • April 23, 2019
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall:
"There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."  
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By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2019
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