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Barbara Buono
stated on October 1, 2012 an interview on NJToday

Says Chris Christie created "this new category where you could get laid off and just be totally denied unemployment benefits forever."

By Bill Wichert • October 11, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV

"When (Joe Kyrillos) had an opportunity to vote for women in terms of their health care, not once, not twice, but six times, he voted against women’s health care in our state."

By Bill Wichert • October 8, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV

Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.

By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV

Says Paul Ryan’s budget would turn Medicare into a "voucher."

By Bill Wichert • October 5, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV

Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."

By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on September 30, 2012 an interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press”

"(Barack Obama) says he’s going to reduce the long-term debt and deficit by $4 trillion, doesn’t say how he's going to do it."

By Bill Wichert • October 4, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on September 25, 2012 a campaign event in New Hampshire

"The income tax that started at 2 percent under Governor Byrne is now 9 percent."

By Erin O'Neill • October 3, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on September 24, 2012 a news conference

Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."

By Bill Wichert • October 1, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on August 29, 2012 an online news release

"Bob Menendez actually voted in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times!"

By Caryn Shinske • September 30, 2012

Jennifer Beck
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview with NJToday

"We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."

By Erin O'Neill • September 27, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on September 23, 2012 a campaign speech

Says there are "fewer jobs in America today than when Barack Obama became president."

By Bill Wichert • September 26, 2012

John Burzichelli
stated on September 19, 2012 an interview with NJToday

Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners

By Erin O'Neill • September 24, 2012

Rob Andrews
stated on September 12, 2012 an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey

Says the "number-one source" of illegal immigration "is people legally coming to the United States on a tourist visa or a student visa and then disappearing into the population and never being heard from again."

By Bill Wichert • September 23, 2012

Jon Runyan
stated on September 17, 2012 an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey

Says "if we do nothing and continue to let Obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, Medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams."

By Erin O'Neill • September 20, 2012

Menendez Facts
stated on September 4, 2012 a blog

"Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%."

By Erin O'Neill • September 17, 2012

Shelley Adler
stated on September 12, 2012 a video posted on YouTube

Says Congressman Jon Runyan has a "plan to raise Medicare costs $6,400 a year."

By Bill Wichert • September 16, 2012

Jon Bramnick
stated on September 7, 2012 an interview on NJToday

"The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words."

By Erin O'Neill • September 13, 2012

Leonard Lance
stated on September 5, 2012 an interview on NJToday

"The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget."

By Bill Wichert • September 12, 2012

Upendra Chivukula
stated on August 31, 2012 an interview on NJToday

Says Republicans "have declared that they’re going to convert the Medicare program into a voucher program."

By Bill Wichert • September 10, 2012

Cory Booker
stated on September 5, 2012 an interview with #waywire

Says the Republican Party platform says "pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of McCain-Feingold" while the Democratic Party platform says "we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform."

By Erin O'Neill • September 9, 2012

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