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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on March 20, 2016 a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton
"80 percent of the American people haven’t gotten a pay raise since the crash."
Mostly True
By Anthony Cave • March 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Miami
"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee
"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on November 10, 2015 a press release
California has "robust job growth that outpaces the rest of the nation."  
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 7, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.
"Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour.
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By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2015
American Petroleum Institute
American Petroleum Institute
stated on August 27, 2015 a blog post
"The oil and natural gas industry provides or supports 141,600 jobs in Georgia."
Mostly True
By April Hunt • October 16, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 11, 2015 comments on "State of the Union"
"When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2015
Don Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
stated on September 1, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting
Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 6, 2015 a debate
"The rate in which people are working (in Wisconsin) is almost five points higher than it is nationally."
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By James B. Nelson • August 21, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 6, 2015 a rally in Portland, Maine
For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2015
Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
stated on June 8, 2015 a press release
The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia.
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By April Hunt • June 12, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 his speech declaring his candidacy for president
"In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando
Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2015
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on April 14, 2015 a Facebook post.
"By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 20, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 an interview
Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."   
Mostly True
March 16, 2015
Jalen Ross
Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."
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By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015
Joseph Yost
Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 a floor speech.
"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."
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By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Lee May
Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 the 2015 State of the County address
In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."
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By April Hunt • February 13, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 13, 2015 a press release
Mercedes-Benz USA  moving its headquarters to Atlanta will create at least 800 jobs.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • January 26, 2015
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