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Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on October 29, 2017 in a conference call reported in a PJ Media web post:
Says a "recent analysis" showed that 91 percent of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are employed, in school or serving in the military.    
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By Jasper Scherer • January 10, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 in a tweet:
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
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By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Cora Faith Walker
Cora Faith Walker
stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American:
"The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017
Matt Adamczyk
Matt Adamczyk
stated on December 15, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin's state court agency "basically" has rented the same office space across from the Capitol "since 1974."  
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By Tom Kertscher • December 22, 2017
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on December 8, 2017 in an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman:
Says the Texas General Land Office led by George P. Bush has repaired just two homes since Hurricane Harvey.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 21, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on October 13, 2017 in a speech:
Missouri "is leading the country when it comes to improving services for mental and behavioral health. Innovation is happening right here." 
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By Carolina Vargas • December 15, 2017
Truth Examiner
Truth Examiner
stated on November 2, 2017 in a headline:
"New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed."
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By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2017
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on December 10, 2017 in a television interview:
The House tax bill has "a lot more permanent relief for middle-income and even lower-income families" than the Senate bill does.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2017
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 30, 2017 in a news release:
"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."
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By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • December 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 in a cabinet meeting:
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 in remarks at the White House:
The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on November 14, 2017 in public testimony before Congress:
"The violent crime rate has risen, and the homicide rate has risen by more than 20 percent in just two years, really after 30 years of decline in violent crime."
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By Sophie Kaplan • December 4, 2017
Kathy Sheehan
Kathy Sheehan
stated on November 16, 2017 in an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight:
"Simply being in this country without documentation is not a crime"
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By Dan Clark • December 2, 2017
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri Department of Economic Development
stated on October 19, 2017 in a proposal to Amazon.com:
Among states, Missouri ranks "3rd (in) average yearly growth of high-tech industries."
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By Kathryn Hardison • November 27, 2017
Nick Schroer
Nick Schroer
stated on October 17, 2017 in a tweet:
"FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2016 shows more than four times as many people were stabbed to death than were killed with rifles of any kind."
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By Katelyn Brown • November 18, 2017
John Thune
John Thune
stated on November 15, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:
"80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."  
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By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on July 12, 2017 in a Facebook post:
"When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations."
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By Patrick Mueller • November 15, 2017
Chris King
Chris King
stated on October 28, 2017 in a response during the Democratic Forum:
"Hispanic entrepreneurs, those who have immigrated from Spanish-speaking countries, often start three times as many businesses as white males."
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By Allison Graves • November 14, 2017
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on October 11, 2017 in on Twitter:
"Underreported fact: President @realDonaldTrump raised more in small dollar donations than Obama in 2012 and than Clinton and Bernie combined!"
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By Sophie Kaplan • November 13, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 in an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News:
"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017
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