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Rose Mary Grant
Rose Mary Grant
stated on March 29, 2015 a Providence Journal commentary.
Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."
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By Mark Reynolds • April 30, 2015
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 21, 2015 a legislative floor debate
"There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."  
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April 27, 2015
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on March 31, 2015 a Twitter post
The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
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By April Hunt • April 27, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on April 15, 2015 press release
The Castro regime ‘violated international norms’ by secretly shipping weapons to North Korea in violation of a U.N. embargo.
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 24, 2015
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on April 17, 2015 his monologue on "Real Time"
"More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013."
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By Katie Sanders • April 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2015 a roundtable at a community college
"The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2015 a press conference
Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2015
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on April 14, 2015 a Facebook post.
"By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."  
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By Warren Fiske • April 20, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
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By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on April 19, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The Hyde Amendment "language was in the (human trafficking) bill. The Democratic sponsor admits it was in the bill, and she voted for it."  
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By Lauren Carroll • April 19, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 9, 2015 a news conference
"When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 10, 2015 a speech to the NRA
Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."
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By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on April 14, 2015 a news conference
In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."  
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April 15, 2015
Tim Cook
Tim Cook
stated on March 29, 2015 an oped column
"Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme Court strikes down Texas’ marriage ban later this year."
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By Alex Wilts • April 15, 2015
Michael T. Owens
Michael T. Owens
stated on April 1, 2015 a news report
A $5-a-night hotel/motel tax that’s part of the transportation bill will hurt Georgia’s convention business by adding extra costs for large groups coming to the state.
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By April Hunt • April 15, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation."
"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."
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By Katharina Fiedler • April 13, 2015
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Last Week Tonight"
"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."
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By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview with the 'New York Times.'
"Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a talk in Austin
"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
US Uncut
US Uncut
stated on March 31, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "provides zero state funding for homeless shelters."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015
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