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Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on March 5, 2019 in a tweet:
Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly doubled during her tenure.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 10, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 4, 2019 in a press conference:
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview:
"The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."  
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March 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on January 8, 2019 in a tweet:
"This is the largest cumulative surplus for the first six months of any fiscal year in state history."
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By Austin Jones, Kyle Coughlin • March 6, 2019
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on February 15, 2019 in a tweeted video:
"Just two weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection seized enough fentanyl to kill every person in West Virginia 32 times over."
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By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • March 6, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on February 25, 2019 in his State of the State address:
"Right now, four in 10 public schools in our state are at least 50 years old."
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By Bill McCarthy • March 5, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 7, 2019 in a tweet:
"A black woman in New York City is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 2, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet:
"#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"
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By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2019
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on February 22, 2019 in a press conference:
Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 1, 2019
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on February 27, 2019 in a hearing for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:
"We amass about $100 million in debt per hour, which means we've blown through 300, 400, 450 million dollars during this charade."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • February 28, 2019
Terry Katsma
Terry Katsma
stated on February 17, 2019 in a TV interview:
"The rainy day fund … is $320 million. That's much more than what it has been in the past."  
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By Mica Soellner • February 28, 2019
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
stated on January 27, 2019 in an interview:
Among neighboring states, the condition of Wisconsin highways was rated "not only the worst, but it was worse by a gaping margin."
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By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2019
David Price
David Price
stated on February 14, 2019 in a tweet:
Says border "crossings remain at historically low levels."
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By Bill McCarthy • February 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 in a town hall:
Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs."
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February 22, 2019
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:
Federal workers "are paid well above the HOUSEHOLD income in southern Missouri."
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By Olivia Garrett • February 21, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on January 2, 2019 in a tweet:
The partial government shutdown in early 2019 affected "18,000 federal employees in West Virginia."
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By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • February 20, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 8, 2019 in a blog post:
When visa holders exit the United States and enter Mexico, "if they leave through a land port of entry we literally have no clue if they are still here or have returned to their country of origin."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 15, 2019
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing:
"In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
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By Yanqi Xu • February 14, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 30, 2019 in :
Says "30,000 veterans in North Carolina have no health insurance."
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By Paul Specht • February 14, 2019
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