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Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 a radio interview:

"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.

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By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015

John Oliver
stated on June 7, 2015 a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight":

Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs.

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By Katie Sanders • June 12, 2015

Pamela Geller
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview with Chris Cuomo:

"In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad."

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By Anna Bruzgulis • June 11, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:

"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."

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By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015

Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 a speech:

A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country."

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By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2015

Dale Kooyenga
stated on May 22, 2015:

Since Republicans took over after the 2010 election, "the graduation rate in Wisconsin has gone from 86 percent to 88 percent. The black graduation rate has gone from 60 percent to 65 percent. The Latino graduation rate has gone from 65 percent to 71 percent."

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By Sarah Hauer • June 10, 2015

Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system.

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By Lauren Carroll • June 7, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on May 10, 2015 a USA Today op-ed:

"There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.

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By Kirby Wilson • June 4, 2015

David Bowen
stated on May 11, 2015 a news release:

"Two of the top three (rated) public high schools in Wisconsin — Ronald Reagan College Prep and Rufus King International — are MPS schools."

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By Sarah Hauer • June 4, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2015 remarks at the White House:

Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."

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By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2015

Andy Craig
stated on May 11, 2015 a news release:

"Thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws," candidates in November 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of Wisconsin’s state representative races but in Michigan and Minnesota nearly all races had challengers.

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By Dave Umhoefer • June 3, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II."

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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015

Robert Puente
stated on May 12, 2015 remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council:

If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."

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By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2015

Gina Hinojosa
stated on May 6, 2015 an interview with Kiah Collier, Austin American-Statesman reporter:

Austin school district "teachers are the lowest paid of any urban" Texas district and the "lowest paid of any surrounding school district."

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By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2015

Megyn Kelly
stated on May 13, 2015 a broadcast of "The Kelly File":

The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past."

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By Jon Greenberg • May 18, 2015

Charles Schumer
stated on May 13, 2015 remarks to reporters:

"It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2015

Sharlene Leurig
stated on February 9, 2015 an Austin City Council workshop:

"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."

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By Andra Lim • May 18, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on May 13, 2015 a tweet:

"You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended."

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By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2015

David Perdue
stated on April 27, 2015 his debut Senate floor speech:

The Fair Tax proposal encourages innovation and investment "level the playing field" for American companies to compete globally.

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By April Hunt • May 18, 2015

Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.

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By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015

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