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Joe Straus stated on November 12, 2010 in an e-mail:
Says the Texas House has "a record number of new members joining our ranks."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• November 27, 2010
Viral image stated on November 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Global warming is part of (a) natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles.”
By Tom Kertscher• November 3, 2021
Charlotte Nash stated on November 17, 2015 in a statement:
Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.
By Nancy Badertscher• December 11, 2015
Facebook posts stated on October 05, 2021 in an article:
In the United Kingdom, “81% of COVID-19 deaths are among the vaccinated.”
By Tom Kertscher• October 19, 2021
Sylvester Turner stated on March 04, 2016 in a ceremony to introduce new local transit authority chairman:
"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."
By Emma Hinchliffe• May 6, 2016
Multnomah County Library Foundation stated on July 25, 2012 in a newsletter.:
Says library district would come "at no direct cost to the city budget."
By Ian K. Kullgren• August 10, 2012
Kitty Boitnott stated on January 23, 2012 in a news conference.:
Public education has been permanently cut "by $1.6 billion through changes in the Standards of Quality funding formula."
By Sean Gorman• February 7, 2012
X posts stated on February 01, 2022 in a post:
"Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein Kampf."
By Nusaiba Mizan• February 14, 2022
Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN:
"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
By Linda Qiu• January 29, 2017
Viral image stated on October 02, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens… but they were registered voters."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 11, 2019
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says congressional salaries have gone up 231% over the last 30 years...Now Congress is saying they need a $4,500 raise.
By Samantha Putterman• August 7, 2019
Rick Scott stated on January 10, 2012 in State of the State address:
Says the state tax burden per citizen in New York is twice as high as in Florida.
By Katie Sanders• January 11, 2012
Jim Moran stated on January 10, 2012 in a newspaper column.:
"The U.S. gun homicide rate is 20 times the combined rate of other western nations."
By Nancy Madsen• January 27, 2012
Nancy Pelosi stated on March 12, 2020 in a press conference:
Of the Trump administration’s European travel restrictions that exempt the U.K.: “Well, you can just get into the Chunnel, and you’ll be in the U.K.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2020
Tom Price stated on September 14, 2009 in a fundraising letter:
"Medicare began as a public option and now holds 97 percent of the market share."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 16, 2009
David Perdue stated on October 07, 2014 in a U.S. Senate debate:
Four million women have fallen into poverty in the last six years.  
By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• October 15, 2014
Karl Rove stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
"American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation."
By Louis Jacobson• March 29, 2011
Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.
By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023
Republican Party of Virginia stated on April 25, 2014 in a web ad.:
"Ninety-seven percent of the time. That’s how often Mark Warner votes with President Obama."
By Nancy Madsen• May 15, 2014
Judy Shiprack and Diane McKeel stated on December 23, 2011 in a guest column:
Say "in November 2010, voters overwhelmingly supported the idea of creating a (library) district."
By Janie Har• December 30, 2011

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