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Search results for "Argentina's Vice-President Victoria Villarruel told Falkland Islanders to 'go back to England'"

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Bill O'Reilly stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":
"I never said I was on the Falkland Islands."
By Jon Greenberg• March 3, 2015
David Corn stated on February 25, 2015 in an interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC:
Says he "often" appeared on The O’Reilly Factor and "often was praised" by Bill O'Reilly.
By Jon Greenberg• February 26, 2015
Coalition To Save Memorial Hospital Birthing Center stated on March 13, 2016 in statement:
"This unit is the only one in the state that strives to implement the principles of Mother-Friendly care as outlined by the national Coalition for Improving Maternity Services Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative."  
By Jacqueline Tempera• March 27, 2016
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing:
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012
David Dooley stated on April 08, 2012 in a TV news show.:
"We have to recognize that our salaries for faculty are the lowest in New England with the exception of the University of Maine."
By Alex Kuffner• May 3, 2012
Robin Vos stated on January 07, 2024 in TV interview:
“The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.”
By D.L. Davis• February 9, 2024
Charles Odimgbe stated on June 20, 2011 in a meeting of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority board :
"We are one of the most expensive [bus] rides in New England."
By Richard Salit• June 28, 2011
Colleen Conley stated on April 13, 2011 in a radio interview:
"We are the most generous in New England and New England is known for its generosity toward its welfare recipients."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 24, 2011
Marie Ghazal stated on December 17, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Rhode Island has the highest percentage of uninsured adults of any state in New England."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 4, 2011
Tony Capezza stated on January 26, 2016 in testimony at General Assembly :
"In New England, Rhode Island has the second highest number of police officers being assaulted."
By Mark Reynolds• February 14, 2016
Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:
"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."
By Becky Bowers• November 23, 2011
Elizabeth Roberts stated on October 28, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
She "led the fight to stop health insurance rate hikes and saved Rhode Island families over $150 million."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 30, 2010
Frank Annunziato stated on August 06, 2013 in a newspaper interview:
Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions
By Gregory Smith• September 7, 2013
John Robitaille stated on October 04, 2010 in an interview on WHJJ's Helen Glover Show:
"Rhode Island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 6, 2010
Rhode Island Senate stated on January 15, 2014 in a Senate resolution:
"The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 17, 2014
Bloggers stated on July 12, 2014 in a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway":
"North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final."
By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2014
Clay Pell stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website:
"Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."
By Karen Lee Ziner• June 1, 2014
Allan Fung stated on November 04, 2013 in a campaign speech:
"We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 10, 2013
Colin Van Ostern stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.:
As a result of Chris Sununu’s vote against a Planned Parenthood contract, "nearly 3,000 fewer" women and families statewide accessed health care for birth control, cancer screenings and annual exams.
By Ella Nilsen• October 6, 2016
Theresa Price stated on December 10, 2011 in a speech during a rally on homelessness:
"Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 20, 2011

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