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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 13, 2017 in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes:
"Before the Affordable Care Act, (West Virginia’s) uninsured rate for people 64 to 19 was 29 percent. Today, it is 9 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 7, 2017 in a Fox News interview:
Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 14, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 3, 2017 in a CNN interview:
Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border.
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By Miriam Valverde • February 13, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 in a tweet:
Says "72% of refugees admitted into U.S. (2/3 -2/11) during COURT BREAKDOWN are from 7 countries: SYRIA, IRAQ, SOMALIA, IRAN, SUDAN, LIBYA & YEMEN."
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By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017
Martin Golden
Martin Golden
stated on January 30, 2017 in a press conference announcing the Community Heroes Protection Act:
"Just last year, alone, 710 police officers" were assaulted in New York state.
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By Dan Clark • February 11, 2017
John Patrick
John Patrick
stated on January 12, 2017 in a Texas Capitol press conference:
"If you have a family, the current minimum wage easily qualifies you for food stamps."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 11, 2017
Danielle Nierenberg
Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 in a tweet:
"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."
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By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017
Joe Sanfelippo
Joe Sanfelippo
stated on February 1, 2017 in an online video:
"Over 39% of violent criminals return to prison following their release."  
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 10, 2017
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on February 8, 2017 in a CNN interview:
"Back when Ted Cruz called Mitch McConnell a liar on the floor of the Senate floor, nobody invoked Rule 19 to censor him."
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By Joshua Gillin • February 8, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 in a news conference:
Obamacare is "hurting people right now" with premium increases of up to 116 percent.
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By Eric Litke • February 3, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview:
"In Florida, 70 percent of the people here illegally came on an airplane. They overstayed a visa."
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By Amy Sherman • February 2, 2017
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on January 24, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:
Says Donald Trump's abortion rule "puts at risk 15 times more funding and millions more women and families ... than previous similar policies by Republican presidents."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 1, 2017
Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu
stated on January 27, 2017 in in a press release:
"The chances of being killed by a refugee committing a terrorist act is 1 in 3.6 billion."
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By Chris Nichols • February 1, 2017
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 27, 2017 in a speech at the March for Life:
The Obama administration issued an "11th-hour rule that entrenches federal family planning funding for Planned Parenthood."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2017
Don Willett
Don Willett
stated on January 12, 2017 in a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation event:
"The overwhelming majority of America’s elite universities, they no longer require history majors to take a single course in American history."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2017
Deborah Glick
Deborah Glick
stated on January 17, 2017 in a debate in the Assembly chamber:
"New York state law says you are alive when you begin to breathe."
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By Dan Clark • January 30, 2017
Duane Hall
Duane Hall
stated on December 9, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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