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Mike McCabe
stated on May 21, 2017 in an interview:

"When you look at all the state and local taxes we pay in Wisconsin, the wealthiest 1 percent pay the lowest overall tax rate."

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By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2017

Samantha Bee
stated on May 10, 2017 in TBS show Full Frontal:

"In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break."

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By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017

Desmond Meade
stated on May 10, 2017 in Samantha Bee's Full Frontal show:

"You could lose your rights for life over something as simple as driving with a suspended license" in Florida.

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By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017

James Rockall
stated on May 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"More (people) die from indoor air pollution than from malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB combined."

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By Smitha Rajan • May 18, 2017

Mary González
stated on May 11, 2017 in House debate of House Bill 2962:

An "abortion procedure is actually safer than a vasectomy."

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By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2017

Jorge Ramos
stated on May 12, 2017 in a Fox News interview:

"Some of the safest communities in the United States are along the border."

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By Miriam Valverde • May 17, 2017

James Risch
stated on May 15, 2017 in remarks to reporters:

"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2017

Chris Murphy
stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter:

"Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal."

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By John Kruzel • May 16, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on March 23, 2017 in a speech at a candidates forum:

"When I became mayor of Los Angeles, we had a 44 percent (high school) graduation rate. I said that was unacceptable. I challenged that notion. I said the mayor needs to be involved with our schools. We need to partner together. As I left, after a number of reforms, we grew our graduation rate from 44 percent to 72."

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By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 in her book "Women Who Work":

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

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By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017

Jimmy Kimmel
stated on May 1, 2017 in a monologue on his show:

"President Trump last month proposed a $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institutes of Health. And thank God our congressmen made a deal last night to not go along with that. They actually increased funding by $2 billion."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2017

Wisconsin Freedom Alliance
stated on April 25, 2017 in a radio ad:

Wisconsin politicians get daily expense payments "even if they don’t spend a dime on meals, or lodging or travel," and "no receipts are required for them to get paid."

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By Dave Umhoefer • May 3, 2017

Tariq El-Shabazz
stated on April 28, 2017 in In a statement responding to a news article:

"In my 30 year career including dozens of capital cases, not a single client of mine has ever been sentenced to death."

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By Mark Dent • May 2, 2017

Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank:

Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."

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By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017

Tom McClintock
stated on April 28, 2017 in a radio interview:

"President Trump has passed more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Harry Truman."

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By Chris Nichols • May 1, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2017 in the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting:

"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."

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By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2017

Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 27, 2017 in a tweet:

"The ‘tax plan’ rolled out by @realDonaldTrump would have cut his taxes by $30 million in 2005 (the only year we have returns for)."

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By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2017

Jeff Flake
stated on April 27, 2017 in a tweet:

"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."

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By Miriam Valverde • April 28, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 in an interview:

In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."

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By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2017

Charlie Geren
stated on April 11, 2017 in a letter to WFAA-TV in Dallas:

Says Texas House rules authorized by the Texas Constitution supersede the state law permitting anyone to record a public government meeting.

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2017

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