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Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on March 25, 2018 a Wall Street Journal op-ed
"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2018
Jose Carrillo
Jose Carrillo
stated on March 28, 2018 a Texas Capitol press conference
"Just in the Austin MSA alone, 150 people move here every day."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2018
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on March 28, 2018 a radio interview
The census "for years and years and years, decades, has asked, ‘Are you a citizen of the United States of America?’"
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By D.L. Davis • April 3, 2018
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News
"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 26, 2018 a press conference
Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised universal pre-K, "79 percent of 4-year olds outside New York City lack full-day pre-K."
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By Dan Clark • March 30, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on March 8, 2018
"Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."
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By Chris Nichols • March 27, 2018
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on March 21, 2018
"States that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."
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By John Kruzel • March 24, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 19, 2018 a TV ad
Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."  
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March 23, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate
Says Rebecca Dallet "has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives."
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March 21, 2018
Conor Lamb
Conor Lamb
stated on March 13, 2018 an election night speech
Says he didn't take "corporate PAC money." 
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By Colin Deppen • March 17, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2018 a Facebook post
Say Sean Hannity said in 2008 that Obama’s willingness to meet with North Korea was "disturbing" while Trump’s "willingness to meet with North Korea is a huge foreign policy win."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 14, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 6, 2018 in a press conference
Says the U.S. steel and aluminum industry is "a fraction of what it once was."
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By John Kruzel • March 13, 2018
John Faso
John Faso
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview on C-SPAN
"The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm."
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By Dan Clark • March 12, 2018
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on February 27, 2018 a tweet
"Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month."
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By Dan Clark • March 9, 2018
Perry Thurston
Perry Thurston
stated on February 26, 2018 a Senate committee meeting
"Florida is one of only 10 states that totally prohibit a (firearm) registry."
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By Romy Ellenbogen • March 8, 2018
Angus King
Angus King
stated on March 4, 2018 in an interview
"China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S."
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By John Kruzel • March 8, 2018
Good Jobs First
Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet
Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor
stated on January 29, 2018 a speech
Says Mike DeWine "flip-flopped on the gun issue and has earned an F from the NRA."
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By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2018
Pricey Harrison
Pricey Harrison
stated on February 15, 2018 a tweet
"The US has approximately 5% of the world's population and 42% of civilian gun ownership."
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By Paul Specht • March 5, 2018
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on February 28, 2018 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2018
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