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Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 23, 2012 a news release
Says excessive speculation is pushing up oil prices and a recent report estimates it "adds 56 cents to every gallon of gasoline siphoned from the pump."
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By Peter Krouse • May 2, 2012
AARP
AARP
stated on March 26, 2012 a news release
"Large phone companies and their trade association have hired 35 registered lobbyists to influence and pass SB 271 (deregulation legislation)."
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By Aaron Marshall • April 19, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 26, 2012 a radio interview
"Last year, we produced 14 percent less oil on public lands than we did the year before."
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By Stephen Koff • April 2, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 29, 2012 a House of Representatives floor speech
Says Lake Erie contains more native fish than all the other Great Lakes combined.
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By Sabrina Eaton • March 22, 2012
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on February 15, 2012 a news release
Says Mitt Romney supports a plan "to slowly and gradually raise the retirement age of Social Security."
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By Stephen Koff • February 22, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 18, 2012 a news release
"More than one in five of veterans aged 20 to 24 can’t find a job to support their family or to ease the transition to civilian life."
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By Tom Feran • January 23, 2012
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan
stated on January 12, 2012 a town hall-style meeting
"One generation ago we led the world in college graduation. We're 16th today."
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By Tom Feran • January 20, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 a news release
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
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By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 19, 2012 a news conference
"We are now eighth in the nation in job creation . . . we are No. 1 in the Midwest."  
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By Aaron Marshall • January 6, 2012
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 30, 2011 a congressional hearing
"Eighty percent of all U.S. communities depend solely on trucks to deliver and supply the products sold in stores or ordered online."
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By Tom Feran • January 4, 2012
Ohio Right to Life
Ohio Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2011 a news release
"Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011."
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By Joe Guillen • December 9, 2011
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on November 13, 2011 a newspaper column
"President Obama's recent plan to cut $100 million of waste within his administration won't actually save money because he's going to spend it elsewhere."
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By Stephen Koff • December 1, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on November 11, 2011 a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction hearing
"We have the second highest corporate tax rate among our trading partners."
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By Peter Krouse • November 28, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 25, 2011 a speech
"One-third of our college grads leave Ohio within three years."
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By Reginald Fields • November 17, 2011
Robert Hagan
Robert Hagan
stated on November 3, 2011 an interview with Ohio Capital Blog’s Marc Kovac
"The governor won this state with 49 percent. We had some of the closest races in the House in history. So you’re not dealing with this 70-30, like they want to make it."
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By Henry J. Gomez • November 14, 2011
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on November 1, 2011 an MSNBC interview with Al Sharpton
"More than half of the people on food stamps today are children."
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By Peter Krouse • November 14, 2011
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on September 28, 2011 a news release
Attacks on Planned Parenthood "come at a time when the poverty rate among women is the highest in nearly two decades and 1 in 5 women under 65 don’t have access to health care."
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By Peter Krouse • November 2, 2011
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on September 14, 2011 an email to supporters
"About 57 percent of registered Democrats in the new (9th Congressional) district come from my old district."
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By Sabrina Eaton • October 21, 2011
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on October 2, 2011 a newspaper column
"The city of Columbus would save $41 million a year if employees had to contribute to their own, guaranteed-check pensions."
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By Henry J. Gomez • October 19, 2011
Building a Better Ohio
Building a Better Ohio
stated on September 15, 2011 a campaign commercial
Says the reforms in state Issue 2 "will save taxpayer dollars"
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By Peter Krouse • October 17, 2011
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