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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2015 in a speech in Knoxville, Tenn.:
"We’ve doubled the production of clean energy."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 20, 2015
Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig
stated on January 5, 2015 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"If you ask how many times did Ronald Reagan attend a fundraiser when he ran for re-election in 1984, the answer is eight times. If you say how many times did Barack Obama attend a fundraiser in 2012, the answer is 228 times."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • January 20, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 9, 2015 in remarks in Clinton, Tenn.:
"Factories are opening their doors at the fastest pace in almost two decades."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 20, 2015
Claire Suggs
Claire Suggs
stated on January 9, 2015 in at Media Symposium:
The state covered a smaller percentage of the cost of K-12 education in 2013 than it did in 2002.
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By Nancy Badertscher • January 20, 2015
Floridians for Solar Choice
Floridians for Solar Choice
stated on January 14, 2015 in a statement on a website:
"Currently, Florida is one of only five states in the nation that prohibit citizens from buying electricity from companies that will put solar panels on your home or business."
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By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 in the governor's State of the State address:
"Georgia is now the eighth most populous state in the nation, moving from the number 10 position in just four years."
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By April Hunt • January 16, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on January 7, 2015 in a tweet:
Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 14, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 7, 2015 in a speech at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages:
"The average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2015 in a book:
Administrative employees at colleges and universities have "more than doubled over the last 25 years, outpacing the growth of students by more than 2 to 1."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on January 11, 2015 in the Sunday comics:
The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on January 2, 2015 in speaking to reporters:
The "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2015
Georgia Farm Bureau
Georgia Farm Bureau
stated on January 8, 2015 in a statement on the Georgia Farm Bureau website:
Agriculture contributes $71 billion to Georgia’s economy annually, making it the state’s largest industry.
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By April Hunt • January 9, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 19, 2014 in a list of talking points:
Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."
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By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2015
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference:
Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."  
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By Amy Sherman • December 23, 2014
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state university’s head football or basketball coach."
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By Nancy Madsen • December 22, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade."  
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By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014:
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
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By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 11, 2014 in an interview:
Two-thirds of the federal budget is "permanent law ... it's permanently appropriated."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2014
Ana Navarro
Ana Navarro
stated on December 17, 2014 in an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper":
"A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up."
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By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014 in a press conference:
In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."
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By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2014
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