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Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 10, 2018 in remarks at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation:

"Two-thirds of the people who use Medicaid are poor children, but two-thirds of the money is for long-term care for seniors, whether in a facility or at home."

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2018

Hakeem Jeffries
stated on April 29, 2018 in an interview on CNN:

President Donald Trump’s budget "threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"

By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018

Ro Khanna
stated on April 19, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Most of our taxes are spent on the so-called ‘War on Terror.’"

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2018

Eric Bolling
stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet:

"USPS loses $1.46 each Amazon package it delivers."

By Manuela Tobias • April 6, 2018

Ron Wyden
stated on March 29, 2018 in a tweet:

"Republicans in Congress are plotting to take away Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."

By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2018 in a tweet:

"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."

By Manuela Tobias • April 2, 2018

Ryan Zinke
stated on March 13, 2018 in testimony before a Senate committee:

A Trump administration proposal for the Interior Department "is the largest investment in our public lands infrastructure in our nation's history."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2018

Bobbie Richardson
stated on February 3, 2018 in a tweet:

"The president is cutting the CDC budget by 80%.

By Paul Specht • February 16, 2018

Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 in a town hall:

"If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years."

By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017

Jack Kingston
stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

"I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point."

By Sarah Waychoff • March 20, 2017

Rand Paul
stated on January 11, 2017 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."

By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2017

Keith Ellison
stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet:

"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under Barack Obama."

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 in a political ad:

Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 2, 2016 in an appearance at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.:

The debt "comes up all the time in town meetings ... but it's never asked in the debates. It's really weird. It hasn't been brought up."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2016

Dale Kooyenga
stated on January 20, 2016 in a radio interview:

"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."

By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.

By Linda Qiu • November 5, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.

By Linda Qiu • November 4, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 in a speech:

Says Scott Walker rejected legislation to make college loan payments tax deductible and the result was "to raise taxes on students."

By Tom Kertscher • September 9, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media:

Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2015

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