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Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2019 in a panel at the University of Pennsylvania:

"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."

By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"We have the most productive workers in the world."

By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on May 2, 2016 in a post on Medium:

Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines."

By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on September 2, 2012 in a speech:

"$500 billion of the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy goes to 120,000 families."

By Dave Umhoefer • September 9, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on May 22, 2012 in a speech at Keene State College:

Says in the last six months of the Bush administration, the U.S. lost 3.5 million jobs, including 760,000 jobs during January 2009 alone.

By Jake Berry • June 1, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on February 6, 2012 in a speech in Tallahassee:

"Nationwide tuition at public universities is up almost 300 percent ... in the last 20 years."

By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2012

Joe Biden
stated on December 1, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show":

In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2011

Joe Biden
stated on October 21, 2011 in a talk at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H.:

In Libya, "America spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life."

By Jake Berry • November 3, 2011

Joe Biden
stated on April 19, 2011 in a speech in Cleveland:

"We have created more jobs in this last year than the Bush administration (did) in eight years."

By Mark Naymik • April 28, 2011

Joe Biden
stated on July 14, 2010 in a news conference:

"We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.

By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2010

Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2010 in an op-ed in 'USA Today':

"In the three months before the act took effect, America lost 750,000 jobs a month. In the last three months, we've lost about 35,000 jobs a month."

By Catharine Richert • February 17, 2010

Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2009 in a news release.:

"Across the country, $174 billion of the Recovery Act have been committed in its first 130 days."

By Catharine Richert • July 15, 2009

Joe Biden
stated on October 2, 2008 in St. Louis:

"John McCain said...in December he was surprised there was a subprime mortgage problem."

By Alexander Lane • October 2, 2008

Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Ill.:

"There's only four senators senior to me ... there's still 44 older than me."

By Kathryn A. Wolfe • August 27, 2008

Joe Biden
stated on December 31, 2007 in a campaign event in Ames, Iowa:

"There's not a major bill I know with Hillary's name on it."

By Adriel Bettelheim • January 7, 2008

Joe Biden
stated on October 12, 2007:

"First, he was in favor of my plan, now he's attacking it."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 17, 2007

Joe Biden
stated on May 23, 2007 in a news release.:

"Roadside bombs are responsible for 70 percent of casualties in Iraq and these new mine-resistant vehicles can reduce those casualties by two-thirds."

By David DeCamp • August 20, 2007

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