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Matt Lundy
Matt Lundy
stated on February 7, 2011 a news release:
"There is nothing in the current state public records law that prohibits sensitive or confidential business information from being just that, confidential."
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By Joe Guillen • February 15, 2011
Jay Hottinger
Jay Hottinger
stated on February 9, 2011:
Says Ohio is one of just 17 states with an estate tax, and it has "the lowest threshold in the nation."
True
By Tom Feran • February 11, 2011
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on January 20, 2011 a speech to the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce:
Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."
True
By Stephen Koff • February 1, 2011
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 5, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Our spending has caught up with us, and our debt soon will eclipse the entire size of our national economy."
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By Stephen Koff • January 10, 2011
Brent Larkin
Brent Larkin
stated on January 2, 2011 a newspaper column:
Says the 3C Corridor train would have taken  "an hour and 15 minutes longer" to carry passengers across Ohio "than it would have taken on a New York Central train in 1935."
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By Tom Feran • January 7, 2011
Dan Moore
Dan Moore
stated on January 3, 2011 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
"It's taken more time to complete the Towpath Trail than it did to build the (Ohio & Erie) Canal."
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By Tom Feran • January 6, 2011
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on December 20, 2010 an interview with The Plain Dealer:
"We are one of only two states to have eight consecutive months of declining unemployment. Twenty-one states had increased unemployment last month. Ours went down."
True
By Reginald Fields • January 3, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on December 3, 2010 a gathering with reporters:
"I think [a little] less than half of the people in our prisons are in there for less than a year.  ... We have people who are check kiters and don't pay child support and we are locking them up in the state pen."
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By Mark Naymik • December 10, 2010
Jim Zehringer
Jim Zehringer
stated on November 16, 2010 a news conference:
"Ohio is losing over 700 family farms a year, some of them just to pay the inheritance tax."
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By Joe Guillen • December 9, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 5, 2010 a blog post:
Says the House Rules Committee is the only panel, other than the Intelligence and Ethics committees, not able to telecast proceedings in its main hearing room.
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By Tom Feran • November 25, 2010
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio Department of Transportation
stated on October 25, 2010 a news release:
"Demand for transportation choice is on the rise, with 14 percent more Ohioans riding passenger trains over the past year."
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By Joe Guillen • November 24, 2010
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on November 17, 2010 a website posting:
"Congressman Ryan has secured a grand total of $116,838,763 to date (for the Mahoning Valley) and has an additional $27,095,000 pending in FY2010 spending bills."
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By Tom Feran • November 17, 2010
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on October 18, 2010 an interview:
"We haven’t had control of the House for the last two years and it’s been malfunctioning. We had 109 sessions scheduled and held 49."
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By Joe Guillen • November 16, 2010
George Voinovich
George Voinovich
stated on November 8, 2010 a news release:
Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993.
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By Stephen Koff • November 11, 2010
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on October 25, 2010 testimony given at a public hearing:
Electric utility FirstEnergy's annual revenues are greater "than the GDP of Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Iceland, or 15 African nations."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • November 10, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 3, 2010 a news conference:
Says that the new financial services law requires 358 regulatory filings.  
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By Sabrina Eaton • November 9, 2010
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 22, 2010 a campaign ad:
"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."
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By Joe Guillen • October 29, 2010
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy
Maryellen O'Shaughnessy
stated on September 27, 2010 a news release:
"Since 2000, when he entered politics, Jon Husted has been on the ballot six times for three different political offices."
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By Joe Guillen • October 22, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 6, 2010 a television campaign ad:
Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."
True
By Stephen Koff • October 11, 2010
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on September 16, 2010 a campaign video:
"An organized crime syndicate was extorting money from his (Tom Ganley’s) business, threatening his family, but he fought back and won the FBI's highest civilian award"
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By Tom Feran • September 30, 2010
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