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Morgan Griffith
stated on March 25, 2014 congressional testimony.

"From 1972 until 2011, the number of EPA employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent."

By Nancy Madsen • April 14, 2014

Barbara Comstock
stated on February 19, 2014 a Facebook post.

Says five Democratic state senators were for her bicycle tailgating bill "before they were against it."

By Sean Gorman • March 10, 2014

Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 13, 2014 a speech.

"Seventy percent of all uninsured live in households in which at least one person is working."

By Nancy Madsen • February 17, 2014

Ed Gillespie
stated on January 16, 2014 a web ad.

Mark Warner voted for "nearly $1 trillion in new taxes and $7 trillion in new debt."

By Nancy Madsen • February 10, 2014

William Howell
stated on January 5, 2014 an op-ed.

In Virginia, "Medicaid has grown by 1,600 percent in the last 30 years."

By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2014

Mark Obenshain
stated on November 27, 2013 a statement.

"Of the four statewide races this century within a 300-vote margin, three have been overturned in a recount."

By Nancy Madsen • December 17, 2013

Randy Forbes
stated on April 9, 2013 a column.

Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.

By Nancy Madsen • April 26, 2013

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on January 29, 2013 a radio interview.

Virginia is "the only state" that has a tradition of attorneys general resigning if they run for governor.

By Warren Fiske • March 1, 2013

Eric Cantor
stated on February 5, 2013 a speech.

"Collectively states are spending more on Medicaid than they do on K-12 education."

By Nancy Madsen • February 19, 2013

David Toscano
stated on January 9, 2013 a speech.

Virginia "spends less per student today than we did in 2008."

By Nancy Madsen • January 21, 2013

Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2013 a news conference.

Says his transportation plan "would make Virginia the first state in the nation to eliminate the state tax on gasoline."

By Nancy Madsen • January 10, 2013

Patrick Wales
stated on December 6, 2012 a symposium.

There is "over 20 times more energy" in a proposed Southside uranium mining site than "there is in all the oil that’s estimated to be off Virginia’s coast"

By Nancy Madsen • January 7, 2013

Jimmy Barrett
stated on December 6, 2012 an interview.

Says Virginia is the biggest state that does not have a major league sports team.

By Nancy Madsen • December 26, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on December 6, 2012 a news conference.

Northern Virginia is the most "heavily trafficked place in the country."

By Sean Gorman • December 20, 2012

Jim Moran
stated on November 21, 2012 a letter.

Says budget savings by reducing pay and benefits for federal employees total $103 billion over 10 years -- more than $50,000 per worker.

By Nancy Madsen • December 17, 2012

George Allen
stated on October 8, 2012 a debate.

"The poverty rate amongst women is the worst it’s been in 17 years and the extreme poverty rate is the worst it’s ever been."

By Nancy Madsen • October 22, 2012

Eric Cantor
stated on August 29, 2012 an email.

Wayne Powell has a "stated position of having no objection to taking `In God We Trust" off of U.S. currency."

By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on August 26, 2012 a TV interview.

The GOP platform that seeks further limits on abortion and is silent on an exception for rape "has been there for more than 30 years."

By Nancy Madsen • September 4, 2012

George Allen
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.

Tim Kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning "as little as $17,000."

By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2012

Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.

"I ended up my time as governor with a general fund budget that was smaller than the one I started with."

By Nancy Madsen • July 27, 2012

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