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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2019 a speech
"For the first time in history, most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2019
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on August 20, 2019 a Tweet
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 22, 2019 a post on Medium
"The country is now in a manufacturing recession."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 a speech
Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on April 1, 2019 in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill
"We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."
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By Olivia Garrett • April 30, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 17, 2019 a podcast
"It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval."
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By Chris Nichols • April 19, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 1, 2019 a podcast interview
"Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on February 6, 2019 a tweet
"We have more women in the workforce than ever before."
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By Samantha Patrick • March 27, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 26, 2019 a tweet
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2019
Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation
"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."  
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By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2018
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 1, 2018 a legislative report mailer
"The small cell bill is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs and attract $2 billion in capital investment, resulting in nearly $4 billion in economic growth over the next few years."
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By Ryan Hanrahan • December 5, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
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By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2018 a speech
"All across Ohio, steel mills are reopening."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas • October 24, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 in an interview
Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work."
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By Kyra Haas • October 15, 2018
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on September 12, 2018 a Facebook post
"Most Americans don’t own stocks."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2018
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 4, 2018 a Senate floor speech
"The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2018 a press conference
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 4, 2018 a tweet
"Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"  
Half-True
April 18, 2018
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