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Lynn Westmoreland
stated on September 11, 2015 in press release:

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct."

By Nancy Badertscher • October 13, 2015
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on November 14, 2013 in a tweet:

"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."

By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 16, 2013 in an article:

"I have returned money every year since taking office."

By Eric Stirgus • November 15, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on June 20, 2013 in an article:

"It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so."

By Eric Stirgus • July 8, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 29, 2012 in a congressional hearing :

"There is not one single federal housing program yet that has not needed a bailout to survive."

By Willoughby Mariano • March 30, 2012
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 in a meeting:

Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ

By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 11, 2011:

The federal government regulates the holes in Swiss cheese.

By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on June 17, 2009 in a press release on the House GOP's blog.:

The war spending bill "actually spends more money on the International Monetary Fund than on the war."

By Catharine Richert • June 23, 2009