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Roberta Lange
Roberta Lange
stated on June 22, 2016 a press release
Says Donald Trump "literally has no plans to make higher education more affordable."
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By Riley Snyder • June 28, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 3, 2016 a tweet
"Despite the rhetoric from Democrat politicians, more people are employed this year than at any point in the history of Wisconsin."
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By Sarah Hauer • June 27, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 26, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 15, 2016 a senate hearing
"For every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with HIV/AIDS decreases by half."  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview
"People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."  
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June 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2016 remarks at a Planned Parenthood event
As a result of Roe vs. Wade, "America’s maternal mortality rate dropped dramatically."
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By Lauren Carroll • June 24, 2016
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on June 16, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
"Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 26, 2016 a fundraising letter
Says Russ Feingold’s "campaign is powered by small-dollar contributions like ours."
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By Sarah Hauer • June 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a speech on the economy
Says Donald Trump has "bankrupted his companies not once, not twice but four times."
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By Linda Qiu • June 21, 2016
Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken
stated on June 12, 2016 a posting on Twitter
"A gay man who survived #orlando hate crime can STILL show up to work in FL tomorrow and have his boss fire him simply because he is gay."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on June 6, 2016 a tweet
"@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."
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By Filipa Ioannou • June 17, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech
The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."
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By Sarah Hauer • June 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech responding to the Orlando shooting
"According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law."
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By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"In America, radical speech is not a crime."  
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By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016
Larry Yarborough
Larry Yarborough
stated on June 9, 2016 a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations
Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, "it becomes worthless. The THC goes away."
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By Will Doran • June 14, 2016
Safety For All Initiative
Safety For All Initiative
stated on June 13, 2016 a campaign website
"More than 32,000 Americans lose their lives to gun violence each year."  
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By Chris Nichols • June 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with CNN
"Florida doesn't regulate assault weapons or .50 caliber rifles or large-capacity ammunition magazines. It doesn't require a permit to purchase a gun. It doesn't require any registration, whatsoever."
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By Allison Graves • June 13, 2016
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