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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 an announcement on his website:
Says his release of 33 years of tax returns is "more than any presidential candidate in history."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 1, 2015
Various media reports 2
Various media reports 2
stated on June 18, 2015 church shooting aftermath:
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
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By Nancy Badertscher • July 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech in Houston:
"If you want to vote in" Texas, "you can use a concealed-weapon permit as a valid form of identification, but a valid student ID isn’t good enough."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Athens Banner-Herald
Athens Banner-Herald
stated on May 10, 2015 a news report:
Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.
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By April Hunt • June 24, 2015
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on "The Daily Show":
"46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact" in Japan.
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By Katie Sanders • June 23, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on June 15, 2015 a website post:
"More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..."  
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By Sean Gorman • June 22, 2015
Jean Casarez
Jean Casarez
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on CNN:
The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly."
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By Linda Qiu • June 21, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 18, 2015 U.S. Senate:
"This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years."  
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By Mark Reynolds • June 21, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2015 a campaign rally speech:
"The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 press conference:
Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015
State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance
stated on June 5, 2015 televised story:
Georgia residents file the most insurance claims for lightning strikes in the country.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 10, 2015
Hunter Schwarz
Hunter Schwarz
stated on June 8, 2015 a "Washington Post" article:
47 percent of Americans "can’t pay for an unexpected $400 expense through savings or credit cards, without selling something or borrowing money."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:
"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015
Lee May
Lee May
stated on June 2, 2015 a press release:
"Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."
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By April Hunt • June 9, 2015
Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview on "CNN Tonight":
"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."
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By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 press conference:
"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 5, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 remarks at an economic summit in Orlando:
"You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech in Iowa:
"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech in Orlando, Fla.:
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on May 31, 2015 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2015
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