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There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.” Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks." Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a campaign video: There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.” Ron Johnson stated on July 1, 2020 in an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee." Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.” Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19 Mark Pocan stated on June 30, 2020 in a tweet: "Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state." Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.” Facebook posts stated on July 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a leader of the Blackfeet Nation tribe designed the current Washington Redskins logo and once said it “made us all proud to have an Indian on a big-time team." Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.” Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech in Dunmore, Pa.: "Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation." Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.” Joe Biden stated on June 30, 2020 in a speech: “The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back." Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2020 in an ad: “Trump lost a trade war that he started.” Robin Vos stated on June 9, 2020 in Facebook post: Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits. Lloyd Doggett stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.” Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.” Chris Jacobs stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate: Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.” Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge. Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.” Beth Parlato stated on May 7, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.” Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.” Roy Cooper stated on May 12, 2020 in a press conference: “With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time. Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses” Kim Reynolds stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address: Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.” Theresa Greenfield stated on May 18, 2020 in a debate: “I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
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Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.” Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks." Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a campaign video: There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.” Ron Johnson stated on July 1, 2020 in an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee." Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.” Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19 Mark Pocan stated on June 30, 2020 in a tweet: "Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state." Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.” Facebook posts stated on July 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a leader of the Blackfeet Nation tribe designed the current Washington Redskins logo and once said it “made us all proud to have an Indian on a big-time team." Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.” Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech in Dunmore, Pa.: "Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation." Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.” Joe Biden stated on June 30, 2020 in a speech: “The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back." Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2020 in an ad: “Trump lost a trade war that he started.” Robin Vos stated on June 9, 2020 in Facebook post: Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits. Lloyd Doggett stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.” Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.” Chris Jacobs stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate: Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.” Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge. Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.” Beth Parlato stated on May 7, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.” Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.” Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.” Roy Cooper stated on May 12, 2020 in a press conference: “With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time. Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses” Kim Reynolds stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address: Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.” Theresa Greenfield stated on May 18, 2020 in a debate: “I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”
Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."
Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a campaign video: There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.”
Ron Johnson stated on July 1, 2020 in an interview: “PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee."
Joe Biden stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC: “I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”
Facebook posts stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post: Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19
Mark Pocan stated on June 30, 2020 in a tweet: "Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state."
Kim Reynolds stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference: “Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Facebook posts stated on July 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says a leader of the Blackfeet Nation tribe designed the current Washington Redskins logo and once said it “made us all proud to have an Indian on a big-time team."
Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
Joe Biden stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech in Dunmore, Pa.: "Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation."
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”: Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.”
Joe Biden stated on June 30, 2020 in a speech: “The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back."
Robin Vos stated on June 9, 2020 in Facebook post: Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits.
Lloyd Doggett stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet: Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”
Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet: As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
Chris Jacobs stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate: Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.”
Facebook posts stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.
Rashida Tlaib stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet: “Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
Beth Parlato stated on May 7, 2020 in a video in a tweet: Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.”
Kamala Harris stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview: Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement: Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
Roy Cooper stated on May 12, 2020 in a press conference: “With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.
Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
Kim Reynolds stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address: Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
Theresa Greenfield stated on May 18, 2020 in a debate: “I’ve taken a pledge not to take one dime of corporate PAC donations.”
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in on social media: "Hidden in the CARES Act was an obscure $135 billion tax break for 43,000 millionaires."
