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Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on April 24, 2014 an interview with the McAllen Monitor
With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on March 27, 2014 a TV interview
The Rhode Island Parole Board "never received an objection from the attorney general" to the parole of  convicted murder Alfred Brissette.
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By John Hill • April 30, 2014
Don Balfour
Don Balfour
stated on April 15, 2014 campaign flier
"I am the only senator who turned down the state pension plan for part-time legislators."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 28, 2014
Alicia Menendez
Alicia Menendez
stated on April 27, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"A white family is likely to have about six times as much wealth than a black or Hispanic family coming out of the recession."
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By Julie Kliegman • April 27, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 3, 2014 a website statement
"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."
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By John Hill • April 27, 2014
Seth Magaziner
Seth Magaziner
stated on April 13, 2014 an appearance on “10 News Conference”
"In Rhode Island today, 25 percent of our households either don't have a bank account at all, or they have a bank account and they're still relying on high-cost financial services like payday loans, pawn shop check cashing and so on."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2014
Robert Sarvis
Robert Sarvis
stated on March 31, 2014 a tweet.
"Did you know US population growth is at its lowest since the Great Depression?"
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By Nancy Madsen • April 21, 2014
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
stated on April 15, 2014 in a comment on Twitter
Americans spend "6.1 billion hours a year" on tax preparation.
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By Tim Ryan • April 15, 2014
Progressive Choice Florida
Progressive Choice Florida
stated on March 30, 2014 a campaign mailer
Says Charlie Crist "implemented Jeb Bush’s A+ Plan."
True
By Joshua Gillin • April 15, 2014
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on March 25, 2014 congressional testimony.
"From 1972 until 2011, the number of EPA employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent."  
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By Nancy Madsen • April 14, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2014 speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library
During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on March 11, 2014 a video
"The Capitol rotunda was actually made to invite the people in and to accommodate protests."
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By James B. Nelson • April 14, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 10, 2014 an email
"In 2006, Charlie Crist opposed in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
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By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2014
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Partnership for Women & Families
stated on April 8, 2014 a news release
"Women in Oregon are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men. If the wage gap was eliminated, a working woman in Oregon would have enough money for 2,877 gallons of gas, 72 more weeks of food for her family or nearly 12 more months of rent."
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By Dana Tims • April 10, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on April 10, 2014 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."
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By Aaron Sharockman • April 10, 2014
Bob Beckel
Bob Beckel
stated on April 3, 2014 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
"The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country."
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2014
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on April 1, 2014 a news release
"Drone technology now allows an individual to be recorded in their homes by drones as small as birds and immediately uploaded to the internet."
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 9, 2014
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on March 30, 2014 a news story
Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2014
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on April 6, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"When people enter the service, there’s not a mental health evaluation."
True
By Steve Contorno • April 6, 2014
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 a committee hearing
The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014
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