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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 23, 2016 remarks at Stanford University
"It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 29, 2016
Tim Finchem
Tim Finchem
stated on March 27, 2016 a sports column by Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman
"Austin’s the fastest-growing city in the country the last five years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 18, 2016 a post on Medium
Congress will begin its recess "without having allocated one penny" to fight Zika.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on March 20, 2016 a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton
"80 percent of the American people haven’t gotten a pay raise since the crash."
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By Anthony Cave • March 24, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 17, 2016 a news conference
"To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2016
Gayle Smith
Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill
(Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 22, 2016 a campaign speech
"Today, the United States has, sadly, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth."
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By Chris Nichols • March 23, 2016
Gayle Smith
Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill
"Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half."
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By Linda Qiu • March 23, 2016
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on February 26, 2016 a campaign mailer
"Texas has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Iran."
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By Emma Hinchliffe • March 23, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on Fox Business News
Superdelegates "have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since they've been in place since 1984."  
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By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2016
Joe Pitts
Joe Pitts
stated on February 25, 2016 in a Medium post.
"More people were killed by terrorists in 2015 than in any other year ever, after an 80 percent increase from 2014."
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By Anna Orso • March 22, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview
"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
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By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 8, 2016 his education plan
"North Carolina spends $855 less per student than it did before the Great Recession, and we have one of the lowest per pupil spending levels in the nation."
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By Will Doran • March 21, 2016
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Senate Democrats "have never held up a Supreme Court nomination."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2016
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on February 16, 2016 an online petition
"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."
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By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016
Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on March 8, 2016
"Here in Pennsylvania, the annual cost for infant childcare is over $10,000 per child, which is more than most families pay in rent and almost the same cost as in-state college tuition."
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By Cassie Owens • March 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 15, 2016 a political advertisement that aired in Arizona.
"Arizona schools rank 45th in the nation, dead last in funding per student."
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By Anthony Cave • March 17, 2016
Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on March 11, 2016 Florida Senate floor debate
"We were able to provide $428 million worth of property tax relief."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 17, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2016 a Democratic National Committee reception
Illegal "immigration is lower than it’s been in 40 years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016
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