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Duane Hall
Duane Hall
stated on December 9, 2016 a speech to the N.C. Courts Commission
North Carolina could save "literally tens of millions of dollars" if it stopped prosecuting 16-year-olds as adults.
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By Will Doran • January 27, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 12, 2017 a news release
Imitation dairy products often differ nutritionally from those they mimic, and labeling them "milk" or "cheese" or "yogurt" is "against the law."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview with ABC News' David Muir
"A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 24, 2017 his State of the State address
"One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2  MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."
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By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on Fox
"About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans."
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By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2017 a page on the White House website
"In 2015, homicides increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2017
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 18, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing
"Some countries are contributing (peacekeeping) troops because they're making money off of them."  
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By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2017
Carlos Gimenez
Carlos Gimenez
stated on January 18, 2017 a state of the county speech
Miami-Dade is "the first community in the world to break the cycle of local transmission of the Zika virus."
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By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2017
George Takei
George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement on the White House website
"Our Navy has shrunk from more than 500 ships in 1991 to 275 in 2016."
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By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 19, 2017 a speech to business leaders
Says North Carolinians are "already paying for" Medicaid expansion, even though the state hasn’t expanded Medicaid.
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By Will Doran • January 19, 2017
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on January 17, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos.
"[The Foundation for Individual Rights] is the recipient of donations from [DeVos] totaling about 25,000 bucks over four years."
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By Anna Orso • January 19, 2017
Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference
"Florida is ranked 50th in the nation for mental health care funding."
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By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference at Trump Tower
The Russians "tried to hack the Republican National Committee, and they were unable to break through." 
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By Lauren Carroll • January 11, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on January 10, 2017 Sessions' Senate confirmation hearing for attorney general
Of Sen. Jeff Sessions, "you've objected to immigrants volunteering to serve in our armed forces, saying, 'In terms of who's going to be most likely to be a spy, somebody from Cullman, Ala., or somebody from Kenya?'"
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By Miriam Valverde • January 10, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 9, 2017 an op-ed on FoxNews.com
"About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 3, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."
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By Linda Qiu • January 10, 2017
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview on 'Face the Nation'
"In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that’s saying, 'Hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.' "
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By Linda Qiu • January 8, 2017
Brahma Chellaney
Brahma Chellaney
stated on December 28, 2016 a website op-ed
"Asia ... has less freshwater per capita than any other continent, except Antarctica."  
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By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2017 a tweet
"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border."
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By Miriam Valverde • January 4, 2017
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