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Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on September 17, 2017 a Fox News segment:
"The city (of St. Louis) is no stranger to violence. There were 5,762 violent crimes in 2015 alone, including 188 homicides. The highest rate per capita in the country, according to FBI crime statistics."
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By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • October 24, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video:
"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on October 6, 2017 a statement:
"Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"
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By Dan Clark • October 21, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 12, 2017 a tweet:
The state and local tax deduction is a major benefit for moderate-income households because "50% of households that claim State & Local Tax deduction make under $100K."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 15, 2017 an interview with Channel 8:
"The child tax credit, if we don't do it, there will be no tax relief for working families. How much tax relief working families get under tax reform is entirely dependent on whether or not we put in place an increase to the child tax credit."  
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By Allison Graves • October 19, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
"In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."
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By Chris Nichols • October 18, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 a video:
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.  
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By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2017
Colin Jost
Colin Jost
stated on October 7, 2017 a Weekend Update report on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live":
"There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 13, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2017 a tweet:
The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks."
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By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2017
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
stated on September 24, 2017 a handout in advance of November 2017 vote on a bond proposition:
Says a proposed $1.05 billion Austin school district bond proposition "will require no tax rate increase."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 5, 2017 a press release:
"The Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions."
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By Manuela Tobias • October 6, 2017
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference:
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
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By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017
Newsweek
Newsweek
stated on October 2, 2017 an article:
"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."
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By John Kruzel • October 6, 2017
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on October 2, 2017 an op-ed in the "New York Times":
Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2017
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on September 22, 2017 a letter to a constituent:
Says that under the Obamacare law, health insurance "premiums have increased by more than 105 percent since" 2013.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2017
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 18, 2017 a website:
"The soda tax can make a difference by reducing consumption of unhealthy soda pop and sugary beverages."
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By Matt Dietrich • October 2, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on September 20, 2017 a newspaper article:
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."
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By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 a conversation with reporters:
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
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By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 a town hall in Monett, Mo.:
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
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By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on September 13, 2017 in a newspaper:
"Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every general election."
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By Paul Specht • September 27, 2017
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