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Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 a news release
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
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By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 13, 2012 a press statement.
Says 88 Texas constables have died in the line of duty.
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2012
Steve Doell
Steve Doell
stated on July 19, 2012 a press release
Says "About 7 in 10 of Oregon’s inmates are in prison for violent crimes and serious sex offenses."
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By Janie Har • August 3, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on May 16, 2012 a House floor debate
Says "one in four women and one in seven men have been victims of domestic violence in their lifetime."
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By Charles Pope • May 25, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on April 26, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor
Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked."
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By Erin O'Neill • May 3, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2012 comments to Reuters
"We are at a 40-year low in our crime rate in our state."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2012
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on March 2, 2012 an interview
Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused."
True
March 25, 2012
Arthenia Joyner
Arthenia Joyner
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview
"When we passed (the stand your ground law), we said it portends horrific events when people's lives were put into these situations."
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By Katie Sanders • March 22, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
Suzanne Bonamici was the only no vote on a 2009 bill cracking down on drunk drivers.
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By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on June 16, 2011 a speech in the U.S. Senate
"Some criminals have learned how to spy on Americans, hacking into our home computers and looking out through the video camera attached to the screen."
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By Richard Salit • July 17, 2011
Michael Cutler
Michael Cutler
stated on June 7, 2011 an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV
"A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2011
Kathleen Passidomo
Kathleen Passidomo
stated on May 30, 2011 a newspaper article
"It is a greater crime to have an untagged alligator than to host an open house party (for kids)."
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By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2011
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on April 27, 2011 a news release.
Department of Education officials investigating Virginia Tech shootings "have not once gotten into the car and driven down to Blacksburg to talk to the police chief or the university president or to anyone else."
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By Wes Hester • May 20, 2011
George Turner
George Turner
stated on April 4, 2011 a newspaper article
"If you go strictly by the numbers, crime is down across the board. Last year we had a 10 percent decrease in the most serious crimes."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 18, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 7, 2011 an op-ed
Says "some [states] with the largest reductions in crime have also lowered their prison population."
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By Eric Stirgus • April 5, 2011
Rob Bovett
Rob Bovett
stated on March 28, 2011 an article in The New York Times
Since Oregon’s prescription-only law took effect, meth lab incidents have dropped by 96 percent and meth-related arrests by 32 percent.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • April 2, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 7, 2011
The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio."
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By Stephen Koff • March 30, 2011
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on March 17, 2011 a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman
"The entire state of Florida led the nation last year with the most prison inmates committing tax fraud."
True
By Laura Figueroa • March 24, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 14, 2011 a press release
There have been "at least four incidents where bullets from Mexico have crossed the border."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2011
Dean Cannon
Dean Cannon
stated on January 19, 2011 comments to reporters.
"The number of inmates since 2000 on death row dying of natural causes has now surpassed the number of inmates executed."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • January 25, 2011
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