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Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 a radio interview:
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
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By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 a tweet:
"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"
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By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 a cabinet meeting:
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Missouri Department of Economic Development
stated on October 19, 2017 a proposal to Amazon.com:
Among states, Missouri ranks "3rd (in) average yearly growth of high-tech industries."
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By Kathryn Hardison • November 27, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 a video:
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.  
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By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 a conversation with reporters:
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
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By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 a TV interview:
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."
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By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on July 9, 2017 a TV interview:
"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
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By Devi Shastri • August 9, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 14, 2017 his speech kicking off his re-election campaign:
"More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 23, 2017 an interview on Fox News:
In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 a speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree:
"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech:
Although California has "the sixth largest economy in the world, we also have one of the highest poverty rates" in the nation.
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By Chris Nichols • June 22, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work":
"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
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By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on April 27, 2017 a tweet:
"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 28, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press:
California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire "are experiencing tremendous job growth."
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By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 remarks at a Kentucky rally:
"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2017
Peter Roskam
Peter Roskam
stated on March 6, 2017 a speech at the City Club of Chicago:
"The past (Obama) administration was the first administration that never had a whole year of 3 percent growth."
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By Kevin Hoffman • March 16, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 31, 2017 his State-of-the-State address:
"Midland, Texas, now beats the San Francisco area in the percentage of jobs created by startups."
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 a press conference:
"The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."  
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By Miriam Valverde • February 16, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 7, 2017 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
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