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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper:
"The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt."
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By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2016
Michael O'Neill
Michael O'Neill
stated on April 26, 2016 a legislative hearing :
"There’s no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives."  
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By Jacqueline Tempera • May 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet:
Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
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By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 2, 2016 a post on Medium:
Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Colorado Health Institute
Colorado Health Institute
stated on April 8, 2016 an analysis report :
ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s.
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By Alan Gathright • May 4, 2016
John Carter
John Carter
stated on March 10, 2016 a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader:
"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."
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By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 30, 2016 a speech at the California Republican Party Convention:
"Here in California, Donald Trump has given $12,000 to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris."  
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By Chris Nichols • May 3, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation":
Winning enough pledged delegates is "not impossible."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 2, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 a press release:
"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."
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By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on April 8, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.
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By Allie Morris • April 29, 2016
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
stated on March 1, 2016 an online advertisement:
Says Ann Kirkpatrick "votes with her party nearly 90 percent of the time."
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By Anthony Cave • April 29, 2016
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview posted on Medium:
"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2016
William Barber
William Barber
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech announcing the Moral Monday march:
"80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"
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By Will Doran • April 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 24, 2016 a speech:
Says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of Baltimore rival that of "the West Bank in Palestine," "North Korea," and "distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China and South Africa."
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By Linda Qiu • April 28, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate:
Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 28, 2016
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on April 24, 2016 a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight":
"We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
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By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon
stated on April 22, 2016 comments:
The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
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By Liepa Zelniene • April 26, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2016 a press release:
"Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 25, 2016
Tim Ziemer
Tim Ziemer
stated on January 20, 2016 an article posted on Medium:
"In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 25, 2016
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 18, 2016 a website post.:
"Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own."  
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By Warren Fiske • April 25, 2016
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