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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
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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By Tom Kertscher • 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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By Tom Kertscher • 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
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