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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address:
We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 a posting on the Clinton website:
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 5, 2016 a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations:
"A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 15, 2015 an interview by actress Lena Dunham:
"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."
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By Emma Hinchliffe • January 2, 2016
State Public Service Announcement
State Public Service Announcement
stated on December 28, 2015:
By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • December 30, 2015
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on December 8, 2015 a tweet:
"91% of suspected terrorists who attempted to buy guns in America walked away with the weapon they wanted."
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By Joshua Gillin • December 29, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.:
Forty percent of illegal immigrants are "people coming legally on visas and overstaying their visas."
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By Warren Fiske • December 28, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." 
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By Lauren Carroll • December 22, 2015
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview.:
"Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State.
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By Sean Gorman • December 22, 2015
Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson
stated on December 7, 2015 a speech:
"Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States."
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By Chris Nichols • December 17, 2015
Uber
Uber
stated on November 7, 2015 a web post:
"Recent news reports indicate DWI crashes in Austin dropped 23 percent since ridesharing entered the market."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN:
"Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2015
David Simpson
David Simpson
stated on November 30, 2015 a campaign press release:
"I have always opposed driver's licenses for illegal aliens."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on 'This Week' :
"Up until recently, 75 percent of all the sorties that left the base came back without dropping their ordnances, because there was such a concern about making sure that there were no civilian casualties."
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By Joshua Gillin • December 10, 2015
Joe Donald
Joe Donald
stated on December 2, 2015 an interview:
"We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':
"In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States.
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By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2015
Kevin Russell
Kevin Russell
stated on October 28, 2015 an opinion column:
"In almost every other country in the world, artists and musicians are paid when their music is played on the radio. In fact, the only countries besides the U.S. who do not have a radio-performance right are China, Iran and North Korea."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 7, 2015
Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on November 10, 2015 a press release:
California has "robust job growth that outpaces the rest of the nation."  
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By Chris Nichols • December 7, 2015
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview.:
"There is a federal criminal law that says it's a crime to transport dentures across state lines."
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By Sean Gorman • December 7, 2015
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