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Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 in a television interview:

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on March 13, 2015 in a business roundtable in New Hampshire:

Florida is "one of the few states that has actually had a narrowing of the achievement gap based on income, or based on race or ethnicity."

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By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2015

Robin Vos
stated on March 12, 2015 in an interview:

Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed reduction in university spending is "about the size of the one" under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, but Democrats didn’t treat Doyle’s cut as so dire.

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By Dave Umhoefer • March 25, 2015

Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015:

"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."

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By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015

Peter Barca
stated on March 12, 2015 in a televised interview:

"The average faculty member at UW-Madison brings in close to a quarter million dollars a year" in grant money.

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By Dave Umhoefer • March 23, 2015

Liz Cheney
stated on March 22, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, "last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations."

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By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2015

Susan Pitman
stated on March 16, 2015 in a state Senate committee hearing:

The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.

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By Joshua Gillin • March 18, 2015

Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on March 10, 2015 in an interview:

Wisconsin is "dead last in the Midwest for job creation."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 16, 2015

Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."

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By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015

Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."

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By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015

American Bridge 21st Century
stated on March 4, 2015 in an online post:

"(Jeb) Bush, not the State of Florida, decided which private emails to disclose."

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By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2015

Florida Chamber of Commerce
stated on March 10, 2015 in a Senate health policy committee hearing:

Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and "the biggest expenditure at the state."

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By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2015

Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 in a letter to Iranian leaders:

If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."

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By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015

Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
stated on March 9, 2015 in a statement:

Georgia is one of only five states where breweries can’t sell you a pint of beer to drink on premise or sell you a six-pack to go.

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By Nancy Badertscher • March 11, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on March 9, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says Hillary Clinton "sent a memo" to all State Department staff that said "you should not do State Department business on personal email."

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By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2015

Doug Collins
stated on March 3, 2015 in in a newspaper article:

President Obama said "22 times" he could not authorize immigration reform by executive order.

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By Nancy Badertscher • March 6, 2015

David Jolly
stated on February 26, 2015 in a speech on the U.S. House floor:

A federal judge said President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration is "unconstitutional."

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By Joshua Gillin • March 5, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 26, 2015 in an interview:

More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2015

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