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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."
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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."
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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.
True
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.  
True
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."
True
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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