All statements involving Alan Grayson
Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home.
"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our wealth."
"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."
Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s cuts to education are the same as his proposed corporate income tax rate reduction.
"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."
Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."
"Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships."
Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.
Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.
Ed Schultz said Alan Grayson is "what it's all about."
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world.
The more than $800,000 raised by the Alan Grayson campaign last quarter was "#1 among all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives."
"On the day that (the Republican) state leader resigned in disgrace, a ‘Shred-It' truck rolled up to Republican headquarters."
Reconciliation was used "for tax cuts for the rich twice under Bush."
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson "compared a former vice president to a vampire ... and compared America's health care system to the Holocaust."
"In the past year, more than 20 percent of Americans have changed their mind about the war in Afghanistan. They conclude we shouldn't be there."
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