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Lamar Smith
stated on March 26, 2014 a committee hearing:

The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2014

Meria Carstarphen
stated on March 27, 2014 press release:

The Austin Independent School District’s graduation rate reached an all-time high of 82.5 percent in 2012.

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By Nancy Badertscher • April 2, 2014

Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2014

Edward Lindsey
stated on March 20, 2014 press release:

Georgia has recovered more than $60 million that was lost to Medicaid fraud

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By Nancy Badertscher • March 28, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on March 27, 2014 a campaign email to supporters:

Says Sen. Mitch McConnell is "the No. 1 recipient of contributions from lobbyists this cycle."

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By Steve Contorno • March 27, 2014

Greg Morris
stated on March 13, 2014 an article:

You can buy lobster with food stamps.

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By Eric Stirgus • March 21, 2014

James Moore
stated on March 20, 2014 a tweet:

"Ted Cruz has been to Iowa four times. Rio Grande Valley of Texas -- just once."

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By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014

Hemant Mehta
stated on March 11, 2014 a blog post:

"In Oregon, students are skipping math class to learn about the Bible."

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By Dana Tims • March 19, 2014

Nathan Deal
stated on February 26, 2014 a speech:

Georgia has saved $20 million through changes in criminal sentencing.

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By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2014

Jon Stewart
stated on March 11, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."

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By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014

Katrina vanden Heuvel
stated on March 16, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

"The majority support (raising) the minimum wage."

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By Jon Greenberg • March 16, 2014

NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 a news release:

In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.

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By John Hill • March 16, 2014

Seneca Jones
stated on March 2, 2014 newspaper ads:

Seneca Jones Timber Co., aiming to increase logging and allay fears that old growth will be cut, says mills have shifted to second-generation trees. An ad from the company asks: "Do you know that most all mills in Oregon have retooled over the past 20 years?"

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By Dana Tims • March 14, 2014

Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2014 a Republican weekly address:

"The average family (is) now bringing home $4,000 less than they did just five years ago."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2014

Rick Perry
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech:

"If you rent a U-Haul to move your company, it costs twice as much to go from San Francisco to Austin than the other way around, because you can’t find enough trucks to flee the Golden State."

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By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on March 4, 2014 a statement to reporters:

"Once our Blueprint for Prosperity is signed into law, we will have delivered $2 billion" in tax relief.

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By Dave Umhoefer • March 12, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor:

"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."

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By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014

Barbara Comstock
stated on February 19, 2014 a Facebook post.:

Says five Democratic state senators were for her bicycle tailgating bill "before they were against it."

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By Sean Gorman • March 10, 2014

Lee Leffingwell
stated on February 25, 2014 his "State of the City" address:

Austin is "a city that has basically doubled in size every 25 years or so since it was founded."

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By W. Gardner Selby • March 7, 2014

Brian Clem
stated on February 28, 2014 a newspaper story:

Oregon has never before tried to create a land-use plan for "what it should look like for 50 years."

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By Dana Tims • March 6, 2014

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