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Joe Biden stated on April 08, 2024 in a speech:

Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."

By Marta Campabadal Graus• April 15, 2024

Bloggers stated on February 09, 2020 in a story:

Says Melania Trump lied under oath in 2013 about graduating from college with a bachelor’s degree in architecture.

By Samantha Putterman• February 20, 2020

Frank Brogan stated on October 19, 2011 in a meeting with state legislators:

Says Anthropology is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field.

By Amy Sherman• October 21, 2011

Viral image stated on December 03, 2020 in a post on Instagram:

“The first randomized controlled trial of more than 6,000 individuals to assess the effectiveness of surgical face masks against SARS-CoV-2 infection found masks did not statistically significantly reduce the incidence of infection."

By Madison Czopek• December 7, 2020

Rick Scott stated on March 04, 2014 in his State of the State speech:

"All of Florida's four-year state colleges now offer bachelor's degrees for only $10,000."

By Julie Kliegman• March 4, 2014

Mike Parson stated on January 24, 2019 in an interview on KCUR:

"We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in Missouri don’t have degrees."

By Magdaline Duncan• March 22, 2019

Sheldon Whitehouse stated on April 09, 2013 in a Senate speech published on YouTube:

"Narragansett Bay waters are getting warmer -- 4 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the winter since the 1960s."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 28, 2013

Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”

By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022

Ron Johnson stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview:

On average, college students "are taking six years to get a four-year degree."

By Tom Kertscher• August 11, 2013

Social Media stated on November 20, 2025 in social media posts:

The Trump administration removed nursing from the list of professional degree programs, affecting aspiring nurses’ student loan access.

By Madison Czopek, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2025

Tom Luce stated on November 15, 2017 in testimony before the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness:

"Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree."

By W. Gardner Selby• December 5, 2017

Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release:

“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023

Darrell Issa stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."

By Lauren Carroll, Nai Issa• October 26, 2014

Marco Rubio stated on September 13, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says Patrick "Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement."

By Amy Sherman• September 15, 2016

Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

By Katharina Fiedler• April 8, 2015

Andrew White stated on January 11, 2018 in a public interview with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune:

"Fifty percent of our new" Texas "teachers don’t have college degrees."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 17, 2018

Scott Walker stated on January 15, 2013 in a speech:

"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."

By Dave Umhoefer• January 21, 2013

John McCain stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:

"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."

By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2013

Glenn Grothman stated on May 21, 2022 in Newsletter:

"Nearly 60% of all student loan debt is held by the rich and upper-middle class," so forgiveness would give the wealthy a "financial windfall" but not really help low-income people.

By Laura Schulte• June 10, 2022

Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University:

Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."

By Aaron Marshall• August 30, 2011

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