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Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 in a message via the Internet:

Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011

Christopher Plante
stated on April 29, 2011 in a television interview:

"The people of Rhode Island don't want same-sex marriage."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2011

Jon Brien
stated on March 22, 2011 in a news release:

Woonsocket needs a garbage-burning power plant because "residents are paying through the nose for electricity that’s fueled by foreign oil, at prices that are skyrocketing."

By Peter Lord • March 27, 2011

Direct Action for Rights & Equality
stated on March 9, 2011 in an online petition:

"Roughly 25% of RI has a criminal record"

By Peter Lord • March 10, 2011

Kenneth McKay
stated on February 27, 2011 in a TV interview:

Says Sheldon Whitehouse said on Senate floor: "Everybody in Rhode Island who disagrees with me about Obamacare is an Aryan, is a white supremacist."

By Peter Lord • March 6, 2011

Chain email
stated on February 17, 2011 in a chain e-mail:

Welfare programs caused more long-term damage to Detroit than the atomic bomb caused to Hiroshima

By Peter Lord • February 18, 2011

Terry Gorman
stated on January 6, 2011 in a radio interview:

"Illegal aliens cost the state of Rhode Island $400 million a year."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 6, 2011

Laurence Ehrhardt
stated on January 3, 2011 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:

If the Stamp Farm wind turbine is built, the "health risk of 'flicker' impact created by shadows of blades of turbines poses real and significant health risks, particularly seizures."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 19, 2011

Chain email
stated on December 20, 2010 in a message via the Internet:

Unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 22, 2010

Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 in e-mail and blog postings:

The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010

Chain email
stated on October 31, 2010 in a message via the Internet:

"Pres. Obama's finance team is recommending a . . . 1% tax on all transactions at any financial institution."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 12, 2010

Peter Kilmartin
stated on September 1, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

"When the mayor of Providence's brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn't have the guts to prosecute him. He let him off the hook."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010

John Lombardi
stated on August 24, 2010 in a WPRI Channel 12 debate:

"80 to 85 percent of my campaign funds go to donations to various organizations throughout the City of Providence."

By Cynthia Needham • September 3, 2010

Chain email
stated on August 3, 2010 in referring to a YouTube video:

"Obama admits he is not a citizen."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2010

John Loughlin
stated on July 9, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show:

Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2010

Stephen Archambault
stated on June 28, 2010 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:

Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 11, 2010

Bill Lynch
stated on May 19, 2010 in posting on his website:

Blue Cross’ new $90-million Providence headquarters "was outfitted with $25 million in decor."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 28, 2010

Michael J. Gardiner
stated on June 22, 2010 in a posting on his website:

U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010

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