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Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 16, 2016 an interview
Says Donald Trump's first 17 Cabinet appointments "have a net worth of more than a third of America."
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December 30, 2016
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on December 15, 2016 a report
"While many urban areas across the country saw a sharp increase in crime over the last year, the Philadelphia Police Department successfully lowered part one crimes."
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By Mark Dent • December 27, 2016
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on December 14, 2016 a tweet
"Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence."
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By Chris Nichols • December 27, 2016
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on November 30, 2016 a speech
"In the last five years only one out of 60 -- one out of 60 -- appropriations bills has been passed on time before the end of the fiscal year."
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By Ariella Phillips • December 21, 2016
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on December 14, 2016 a speech
"California is growing a hell of a lot faster than Texas."
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By Chris Nichols • December 19, 2016
Bryce Reeves
Bryce Reeves
stated on December 4, 2016 a radio interview.
"If you’re a single mom, and you’ve two kids in the city of Richmond, you can almost make $50,000 a year on the public dole."
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By Sean Gorman • December 19, 2016
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on December 1, 2016 a floor speech
"Germany managed to increase its use of renewables and its output of carbon dioxide at the same time -- because it resorted to cheap coal to keep the lights on at a price its people could afford."
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By Kevin Hoffman • December 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2016 a speech
America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."
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December 15, 2016
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on December 8, 2016 an op-ed
"California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world. If you add the GDP’s of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy in the world."  
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By Chris Nichols • December 15, 2016
Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch
stated on December 10, 2016 a campaign letter
Says Rex Tillerson "sued to keep a fracking project out of his backyard."
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By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 14, 2016 a debate
Under Obamacare, "premiums have doubled and tripled" in Wisconsin.
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By Eric Litke • December 13, 2016
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 1, 2016 an MRCTV post
"More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."
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By Miriam Valverde • December 7, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on December 4, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald Trump "won more counties than any candidate on our side since Ronald Reagan."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2016
Christine Radogno
Christine Radogno
stated on November 14, 2016 a press conference
We (in Illinois) have the fifth-highest tax burden in the country.
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By Madeleine Doubek • December 2, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on November 29, 2016 a press release
"Texans pay the sixth-highest property tax in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 1, 2016
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on November 18, 2016 a WNYC interview
On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."  
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By Miriam Valverde • December 1, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week
"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."
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By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on October 13, 2016 an opinion column
"Slavery is still allowable under Wisconsin law as long as it’s a punishment for a crime."
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November 25, 2016
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on November 16, 2016 a Senate floor speech
Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign.
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By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2016
Carl Heastie
Carl Heastie
stated on October 24, 2016 an article from WBFO
Since the salary for state lawmakers was raised to $79,500, "that purchasing power has now been reduced to $53,000."
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By Dan Clark • November 18, 2016
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