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Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on March 21, 2017 in a vote on HB 697:
Says if a Florida bill (HB 697) punishing sanctuary cities becomes law "it will be the only law of its kind in the nation."
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By Allison Graves • March 30, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 in a press conference:
"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."
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By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Florida Immigrant Coalition
stated on March 27, 2017 in a Florida House subcommittee hearing:
"As an undocumented immigrant, you do have constitutional rights here in the United States."
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By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2017
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 9, 2017 in a U.S. Senate floor speech:
Texas "spent close to a third of its budget on Medicaid last year, a third of all state spending."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 1, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:
"In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."  
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By Jana Heigl • March 27, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on March 17, 2017 in a Tiger Bay speech:
Says Florida officials amended a contract from Lockheed Martin from 305 promised jobs to six.  
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By Allison Graves • March 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 in remarks at a Kentucky rally:
"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2017
Lowell Holtz
Lowell Holtz
stated on March 18, 2017 in a campaign blog post:
"Our minority graduation rate went from levels below Milwaukee and Madison, to above 80%" when I was Beloit school superintendent.
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By Dave Umhoefer • March 24, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2017 in a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act:
"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."  
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By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on March 16, 2017 in a press conference:
"In year No. 1, 14 million Americans lose coverage," according to the CBO. 
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By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 in a rally in Kentucky:
"Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2017
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
stated on March 8, 2017 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing:
Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on March 1, 2017 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily":
"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
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By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2017
Will Herring
Will Herring
stated on March 6, 2017 in a San Antonio Express-News news story:
"There’s not one public study, and by public study I mean a study available to the public, that has looked at using the product Kaput to poison feral hogs."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2017
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on March 6, 2017 in a speech at the City Club of Chicago:
"The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."
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By Kevin Hoffman • March 16, 2017
Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius
stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press:
Blue Cross Blue Shield ended "2016 open enrollment with 1 million members in the Florida marketplace."
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By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2017
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
stated on March 15, 2017 in a Florida House subcommittee hearing:
"Unlawful presence (in the United States) is not a crime."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2017
Patricia Farley
Patricia Farley
stated on March 14, 2017 in a news conference in the Capitol:
"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."
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By Allison Graves • March 14, 2017
Rosemary Laird
Rosemary Laird
stated on March 14, 2017 in a Florida Senate committee hearing:
"Currently, half a million Floridians have Alzheimer’s disease, and in less than 10 years, a 40 percent growth rate means that another 200,000 Floridians will develop this devastating illness."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2017
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