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Hugh Thompson
Hugh Thompson
stated on February 5, 2014 State of the Judiciary address:
"Six of Georgia’s counties have no lawyers at all."
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By Nancy Badertscher • February 10, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on January 16, 2014 a web ad.:
Mark Warner voted for "nearly $1 trillion in new taxes and $7 trillion in new debt."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 10, 2014
Candy Crowley
Candy Crowley
stated on February 9, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"It’s been 14 years since a president or a vice president or a member of their family has not gone and attended at least an event at the Olympics."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2014
Monica Wehby
Monica Wehby
stated on January 10, 2014 a town meeting in La Grande:
Some businesses in Oregon "are having to shrink back their businesses as a result of the law."
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By Dana Tims • February 6, 2014
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on February 3, 2014 a debate:
Pinellas County voters "elected me as their chief financial officer … (and) elected me as (their) governor four years ago."
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By Julie Kliegman • February 5, 2014
Nan Orrock
Nan Orrock
stated on January 22, 2014 television interview:
Florida shelled out more money for drug testing than it saved by denying welfare benefits to people who tested positive for drugs.
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By Nancy Badertscher • February 4, 2014
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on January 20, 2014 a speech:
"Georgia has the fifth-highest number of uninsured people of any state in the union."  
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By Eric Stirgus • February 3, 2014
Roger Goodell
Roger Goodell
stated on January 20, 2014 an interview on NFL.com:
"The extra point is almost automatic. … (The NFL) had five missed extra points this year out of 1,200 some odd" attempts.
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By Katie Sanders • January 31, 2014
Marshall Faulk
Marshall Faulk
stated on January 28, 2014 comments on the NFL Network:
Quarterbacks "won the (Super Bowl) MVP more than 50 percent of the time."
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By Katie Sanders • January 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union speech:
"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."
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By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address:
There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."
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By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of Union address:
During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 22, 2014 a news release:
"The national economic recovery has led to higher than expected tax revenues and projected budget surpluses in nearly every state in the nation, including Wisconsin."
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By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2014
Richard August
Richard August
stated on January 12, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary:
Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2014
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on January 22, 2014 an online statement:
In the past three years, state legislatures have "enacted more of these restrictions (on abortion) than in the previous 10 years combined."
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By Julie Kliegman • January 24, 2014
Jason Carter
Jason Carter
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech:
The average Georgia family makes $6,000 less than the average family did 10 years ago when inflation is factored in.
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By Nancy Badertscher • January 23, 2014
Steven King
Steven King
stated on January 5, 2014 a TV interview:
"We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.
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By John Hill • January 22, 2014
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 22, 2013 a video:
Travis County is "surrounded by red counties."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 21, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech:
"(M)ore Georgians have jobs than at any other time since October 2008."
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By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 21, 2014
William Howell
William Howell
stated on January 5, 2014 an op-ed.:
In Virginia, "Medicaid has grown by 1,600 percent in the last 30 years."
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By Sean Gorman • January 20, 2014
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