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Chris Christie
stated on March 25, 2013 in an answer to a caller on NJ 101.5's "Ask The Governor" program:

"The people who were running the budget, in the Corzine years, decided to steal from the unemployment trust fund. … As did other Governors before. We simply don’t do that, haven’t done it, and won’t permit it."

By Caryn Shinske • April 11, 2013

Jeff Tittel
stated on February 22, 2013 in an opinion column for NJToday.net:

"A report by the US General Accountability Office (GAO) in 2008 found that the disposal of Katrina wastes by AshBritt in the south resulted in the creation of contaminated sites along the Gulf Coast and two new Superfund sites in New Orleans."

By Caryn Shinske • April 7, 2013

Sheila Oliver
stated on February 21, 2013 in an op-ed column in The Times Of Trenton:

"In 2011 alone, 269 New Jerseyans were killed by gun violence."

By Caryn Shinske • March 31, 2013

Barbara Buono
stated on March 19, 2013 in a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department:

"While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York."

By Caryn Shinske • March 28, 2013

Liberals Are Cool
stated on March 17, 2013 in an Internet meme:

"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."

By Caryn Shinske • March 24, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on March 6, 2013 in a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group:

Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."

By Caryn Shinske • March 21, 2013

Jeff Tittel
stated on March 2, 2013 in an op-ed column on NJ.com:

"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."

By Caryn Shinske • March 17, 2013

Barbara Buono
stated on March 5, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donell":

"Governor Christie, his idea of jumpstarting the economy is to propose a trickle-down income tax cut last year and in his budget address this year, he stated his support for it again."

By Caryn Shinske • March 10, 2013

James Florio
stated on February 16, 2013 in an interview on Governors' Perspective:

"We have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. That’s almost as big as the population."

By Caryn Shinske • March 7, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the New Jersey Legislature:

"Since January 2010, New Jersey has added 103,000 new private sector jobs. The last two years -- 2011 and 2012 -- have been the best two years of private sector job growth since 1999."

By Caryn Shinske • March 3, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on February 26, 2013 in a budget speech to the state Legislature:

"Property taxes had increased 70 percent in the previous 10 years."

By Caryn Shinske • February 28, 2013

Barbara Buono
stated on January 28, 2013 in an interview on NJToday:

"New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York."

By Caryn Shinske • February 24, 2013

Jon Bramnick
stated on February 8, 2013 in a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron":

Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar - I call it mismanagement – deficit."

By Caryn Shinske • February 21, 2013

Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 in an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime":

Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."

By Caryn Shinske • February 17, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address:

"In total, we have added nearly 75,000 private sector jobs in New Jersey since we took office in January 2010."

By Caryn Shinske • January 20, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 in State of the State address:

"Gross income tax receipts are exceeding the Administration’s projections for this fiscal year prior to Sandy."

By Caryn Shinske • January 17, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 in a speech:

"A far different picture from the prior eight years, which saw 115 increases in taxes and fees."

By Caryn Shinske • January 10, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 in a State of the State address:

Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit."

By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2013

Environment New Jersey
stated on December 18, 2012 in an online post about global warming:

"Hurricane Sandy, the most destructive Atlantic storm ever."

By Caryn Shinske • January 6, 2013

Steve Lonegan
stated on December 18, 2012 in a news release:

"The price tag amounted to nearly $4,200 for every man, woman and child in the state."

By Caryn Shinske • December 23, 2012

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