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John Legend
John Legend
stated on February 22, 2015 a speech at the Oscars:
"We live in the most incarcerated country in the world."
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By Katie Sanders • February 23, 2015
Joseph Yost
Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 a floor speech.:
"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."
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By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News:
"22 times Barack Obama said he did not have the authority to implement this type of" anti-deportation "measure. And then the day after he signed this into law, he said, quote, ‘I just changed the law.’"
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2015
Hillary Mann Leverett
Hillary Mann Leverett
stated on February 17, 2015 an interview on CNN:
ISIS sends out "90,000 social (media) messages a day."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2015
Dave Claunch
Dave Claunch
stated on January 14, 2015 a meeting of the West Lake Hills City Council:
"Austin has more lobbyists working for it than any other municipality in Texas."
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By Alex Wilts • February 16, 2015
Center for Western Priorities
Center for Western Priorities
stated on February 5, 2015 a post on the organization's website:
"Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 8, 2015 a public-service video during the Grammys:
"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2015
Sheila Resseger
Sheila Resseger
stated on January 10, 2015 a newspaper commentary:
"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."       
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By Katie Mulvaney • February 15, 2015
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on February 12, 2015 her budget address:
Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.
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By Casey McDermott • February 13, 2015
Lee May
Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 the 2015 State of the County address:
In the past year, DeKalb has "attracted and retained more than 2,300 jobs."
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By April Hunt • February 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 3, 2015 his budget speech:
Borrowing in my 2015-’17 state budget is less than half that in my  predecessor’s last budget and "the lowest it has been in a decade."
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 10, 2015
Lee May
Lee May
stated on January 22, 2015 the 2015 State of the County address:
DeKalb County has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments.
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By April Hunt • February 9, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech.:
"If you look at the income of average Americans...they’re absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979."
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By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • February 9, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."  
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By Lauren Carroll • February 8, 2015
Miscellany Blue
Miscellany Blue
stated on January 15, 2015 a web post:
Says a "lawmaker seeks to defund Planned Parenthood for ‘cutting children into small pieces.’"
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By Clay Wirestone • February 6, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech in Detroit:
"Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2015
Nationwide
Nationwide
stated on February 1, 2015 an ad during the Super Bowl:
"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."
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By Steve Contorno • February 2, 2015
Phil Kerpen
Phil Kerpen
stated on January 22, 2015 a tweet:
"Amazing fact: Senate has already voted on more amendments in 2015 than Reid allowed ALL YEAR last year." 
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By Katie Sanders • February 2, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on January 29, 2015 a tweet on Twitter:
"More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 20, 2015 an interview with Fox News:
"Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928."
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By Alex Wilts • January 30, 2015
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