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U.S. Rep. Paul Broun has not authored any legislation that has been adopted by Congress.
"For every one mile of light-rail track that will be built, 16 miles of new road capacity will be built."
"Right now, we have the lowest gas tax of anywhere in the country."
The average Atlanta resident "spends an extra $924 each year in additional gasoline and wasted time."
"Lean, finely textured beef is the proper name [not pink slime], and it is a safe, widely used product."
"As the usage [of synthetic marijuana] has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it."
"We have the lowest per-capita spending of any state in the nation" except for South Dakota.
"We also have, in a park that’s not far from here, an ability to build a reservoir that can hold a 30-day water supply for the city of Atlanta."
"Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs."
"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."
"[N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see."
"[E]xcise tax increases drive commerce across state lines."
"Most of, if not all of, the [DeKalb school construction] projects always came in on or were under budget."
Georgia is one of seven states to lose jobs in 2011 and has lost 8,200 jobs so far.
Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico."
A DeKalb sewer project "will create up to 4,000 direct jobs per year at peak production, many of which will be set aside exclusively for DeKalb residents."
"No other public or private business in America" except for the U.S. Postal Service must fund 100 percent of employee retirement and retirement health costs in advance.
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