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Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 1, 2019 in a Medium post:
Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 5, 2019
Mitch Carmichael
Mitch Carmichael
stated on February 14, 2019 in an interview with WV MetroNews:
In West Virginia, "our students enter in at fourth grade the first time they’re tested, 37th or 38th in the nation—which is not good, but it’s not horrible. By the time they’re in the 8th grade, they’re 46th or 47th, and then upon 11th grade testing they’re near last."
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By Al Bernardi • April 3, 2019
Jeremiah Samples
Jeremiah Samples
stated on February 28, 2019 in testimony before the West Virginia state Senate:
"We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014."
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By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • April 3, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs:
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
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By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview:
"America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."
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April 3, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet:
"In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2019
Gary Farmer
Gary Farmer
stated on March 7, 2019 in a Florida Senate meeting:
"Some patients who are on transplant lists for kidney or other organs are being dropped from the list simply because they are shown as a licensed card holder" for medical marijuana.
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By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2019
Children at Risk
Children at Risk
stated on March 19, 2019 in a press conference:
"Right now, only 11 percent of the 15,000 child care providers in Texas are certified as meeting quality standards."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 6, 2019 in a news release:
"College debt has increased 170 percent since 2006 and now exceeds $1.5 trillion dollars, which is second only to mortgage debt and surpasses even credit card debt."
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By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview:
"We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."
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By John Kruzel • March 21, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on March 10, 2019 in a town hall:
"We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world."
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March 18, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 in speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
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By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
stated on March 7, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 15, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview:
"We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
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By John Kruzel • March 13, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 26, 2019 in a speech.:
"Women earn on average 80-cents on the dollar compared to white men doing similar jobs."
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By Warren Fiske • March 13, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 7, 2019 in a tweet:
"Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2019
Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on January 22, 2019 in a hearing:
Says Arrowhead Stadium "is considered the loudest stadium in the world."
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By Adam Reckamp • March 11, 2019
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