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Brad Blakeman
Brad Blakeman
stated on October 31, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"When is a farm bill not a farm bill? When 90 percent of it is for food stamps."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2013
Jason Conger
Jason Conger
stated on October 15, 2013 a campaign speech.
Says "there are actually more people in poverty now than there were when we started" the War on Poverty.  
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 24, 2013
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Oregon Center for Public Policy
stated on August 7, 2013 website materials
"7 out of 10 Oregon families living in poverty have at least one parent who works."
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By Yuxing Zheng • September 11, 2013
Jim Francesconi
Jim Francesconi
stated on August 7, 2013 a guest column
Half of Oregon university students are on Pell Grants.
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By Janie Har • August 31, 2013
Fred Clark
Fred Clark
stated on May 7, 2013 a legislative meeting
A Wisconsin bill to limit use of food stamps for junk food would also "prevent -- or limit --  the extent to which" food stamps could be used for organic foods.
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May 10, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 13, 2013 a speech
Two-thirds of Wisconsinites receiving unemployment checks "are not required to search for work due to current work search exemptions."
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March 4, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
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By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
Sarah Eckhardt
Sarah Eckhardt
stated on February 18, 2013 an email blast.
Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
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By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 4, 2012 a speech
"One out of every four students fails to earn a high school diploma. In our major cities across America, half of our kids don’t graduate."
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December 23, 2012
Dan Micciche
Dan Micciche
stated on November 4, 2012 an opinion article in the Dallas Morning News.
"The poverty level in" the Dallas school district "is one of the highest in the country, higher than New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit and Newark."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor
Says "the number of Americans living at or below the poverty line is at its highest level since" 1964.
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By Bill Wichert • December 3, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 a debate
Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on August 15, 2012 a news release
"For Social Security, which is projected to remain solvent through 2033, Whitehouse has cosponsored [a bill that] . . . would extend the life of the program by an additional 75 years."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2012
Bill Zedler
Bill Zedler
stated on July 17, 2012 a Twitter post.
"While (Barack) Obama preaches ‘we are our brother’s keeper,’ his brother and aunt live in real poverty in Kenya."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2012
Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan
stated on March 5, 2012 an interview on "The Daily Show"
"It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets."
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By Molly Moorhead • March 12, 2012
Anne Nolan
Anne Nolan
stated on November 27, 2011 a news show
"We have one of the highest percentages per capita of nonprofits in this state of any state in the union."
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By Alex Kuffner • December 25, 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
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 21, 2011 a speech delivered to U.S. House of Representatives.
Says the main Central Texas food bank is delivering 50 percent more food to the poor than three years ago.
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By Sue Owen • November 1, 2011
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