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Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 a news conference:

"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’

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By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015

Steven Frias
stated on February 24, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on February 22, 2015 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":

"Already this calendar year, since January 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized."

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By W. Gardner Selby • March 3, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 a speech.:

"America produces more oil and gas than any other nation in the world."

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By Sean Gorman • March 2, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 6, 2015 a speech:

Six of the nation’s 10 wealthiest counties, "according to median income, are in and around the Washington, D.C. area."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2015

American Crossroads
stated on February 23, 2015 a video:

"The Clintons' foundation took millions from foreign governments" including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

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By Steve Contorno • February 26, 2015

James Skeffington
stated on February 10, 2015 a radio interview:

Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."

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By Katie Mulvaney • February 26, 2015

Michael Morell
stated on February 18, 2015 a broadcast of "Charlie Rose":

The potential Iran nuclear agreement would limit Iran to the number of centrifuges needed for a weapon but too few for a nuclear power program.

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By Jon Greenberg • February 25, 2015

The Associated Press
stated on February 21, 2015 in a newspaper article:

Georgia’s share of money from the Federal Highway Trust Fund declined 12 percent between 2008 and 2013.

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By Nancy Badertscher • February 25, 2015

Eric Holder
stated on February 17, 2015 remarks at the National Press Club:

Last year, "we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years."

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By Lauren Carroll • February 23, 2015

Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee:

Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015

Trebor Banstetter
stated on February 2, 2015 in a statement:

A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines’ jet fuel tax breaks "violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the Federal Aviation Administration."

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By Nancy Badertscher • February 23, 2015

Lloyd Doggett
stated on January 26, 2015 oped commentary:

The Department of Homeland Security is "the only federal department not funded for this entire fiscal year" by Congress.

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By W. Gardner Selby • February 18, 2015

Susan Shapiro
stated on January 15, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S."

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By Katie Mulvaney • February 9, 2015

Katty Kay
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."

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By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2015

Alan Essig
stated on January 22, 2015 blog post:

The governor’s budget proposal reduces the state austerity cut to education to under $500 million for 2016.

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By Nancy Badertscher • February 6, 2015

Elizabeth Cohen
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview with Anderson Cooper:

"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."

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By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

Celine Gounder
stated on February 3, 2015 an interview on CNN:

"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."

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By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

Megyn Kelly
stated on February 2, 2015 a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":

Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.

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By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 the governor's State of the State address:

"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."

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By April Hunt • February 3, 2015

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