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stated on June 23, 2023 a reel
More than “200 dogs showed up and lined up around the block” for a man’s 100th birthday celebration.
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By Samantha Putterman • July 6, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on April 24, 2023 a post
“An 11-year-old boy saved the lives of two people on the same day.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • June 7, 2023
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on April 26, 2023 Twitter
Infertility is treated differently than other issues and "often excluded from insurance coverage"
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By D.L. Davis • May 26, 2023
Francis Suarez
Francis Suarez
stated on May 21, 2023 a TV interview
“Just last year,” Miami-Dade Public Schools “had over 14,000 new children, 10,000 of which came from four countries of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 23, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 11, 2023 Senate Banking Committee press release
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
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By Matthew Crowley • May 19, 2023
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 9, 2023 Podcast
“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."
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By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2023 a Facebook post
“If you need Girl Scout cookies this year and don’t have a local troop to support, please consider buying from Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC’s homeless shelters.”
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By Madison Czopek • May 8, 2023
Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
stated on April 30, 2023 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week"
“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2023
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 20, 2023 a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
“Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
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By Cameron Carr • April 25, 2023
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2023 TV interview
"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”
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By D.L. Davis • April 18, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 20, 2023 a news conference
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 8, 2023
Fentrice Driskell
Fentrice Driskell
stated on March 7, 2023 a press conference
"$1 of every $3 (Ron DeSantis) spends comes from the federal government."
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By Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2023
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on January 20, 2023 in a news conference
If New York’s proposed limits on natural gas in buildings take effect, the grid today can’t handle the increased electric load.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 8, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2022 Twitter
“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
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By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2023
Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell
stated on January 10, 2023 a tweet
"Biden drained America's Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the lowest level since 1984."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • January 19, 2023
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on January 3, 2023 TV interview
"Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them."
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By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2023
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 8, 2022 Twitter
"Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."
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By D.L. Davis • December 16, 2022
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on December 8, 2022 a statement
Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
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December 14, 2022
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on November 17, 2022 a news release
Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2022
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on November 15, 2022 Twitter
In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
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By D.L. Davis • December 9, 2022
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