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Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on March 31, 2014 an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition"
"Two-thirds of the people who receive the minimum wage are female."
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By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address
Women "make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on November 10, 2013 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Chris Christie "vetoed Planned Parenthood funding five times over the course of his governorship."  
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By Katie Sanders • November 10, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013
Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program
"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
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By Caryn Shinske • June 23, 2013
Carolyn Tomei
Carolyn Tomei
stated on May 15, 2013 a House floor speech
Says, "In Oregon in 2010, 49 percent of all pregnancies were unintended."
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By Janie Har • May 24, 2013
Family Forward Oregon
Family Forward Oregon
stated on May 8, 2013 a flier
Says paid family leave is "a program that is standard in all but five nations around the world."
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By Janie Har • May 18, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 23, 2013 an interview with MSNBC
"One in five" women in the military "are receiving unwanted sexual contact," as are "3.3 percent of men."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on April 9, 2013 a Facebook posting
"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."
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By Sabrina Eaton • April 24, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2012 a letter to congressional leadership
Since the federal Violence Against Women Act was adopted in 1994, "cases of domestic violence have fallen by 67 percent."
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January 13, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says a university survey concluded his Massachusetts administration "had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America."
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By Becky Bowers • October 22, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney refused to say whether he'd sign the Lilly Ledbetter bill.
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By Katie Sanders • October 17, 2012
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on September 5, 2012 a Democratic National Convention speech
Women "receive only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
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By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 6, 2012 a fundraising letter.
Virginia women earn "only 79 cents to each dollar earned by men..."
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By Nancy Madsen • June 15, 2012
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on May 11, 2012 an interview
Access for 12,000 women to use Planned Parenthood -- "not for the right to choose," but for "basic health care" -- was "taken away" by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.
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May 30, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
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By Becky Bowers • May 8, 2012
Jon O'Brien
Jon O'Brien
stated on April 11, 2012 written testimony at a House hearing
"Only 14 percent of Catholics agree with the Vatican's position that abortion should be illegal."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2012
Chris Smith
Chris Smith
stated on March 8, 2012 a speech on the House floor
Says there have been "well over" 54 million abortions since 1973.
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By Erin O'Neill • March 18, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on February 24, 2012 an e-mail newsletter
"A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage."
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By Erin O'Neill • March 12, 2012
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