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Linda Coleman stated on October 26, 2018 in a town hall:

"Seniors can be charged five times what anybody else is charged for health care for pre-existing conditions" under the Republican health care bill.

By Bill McCarthy• October 30, 2018

Joe Biden stated on May 12, 2024 in a fundraising event in Seattle:

"China's in a situation where they have more retired than working."

By Louis Jacobson• May 14, 2024

Mark Pocan stated on April 07, 2017 in an interview:

In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."

By Tom Kertscher• April 28, 2017

Kyrsten Sinema stated on September 08, 2018 in a tweet:

Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health care."

By Miriam Valverde• September 19, 2018

Eddie Bernice Johnson stated on August 10, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.:

"In 1935, more than 50% of the elderly population lived in poverty. Today that poverty rate stands officially at 9.4%."

By Lukas Pleva• August 17, 2010

Scott Jennings stated on July 01, 2025 in an episode of CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip:

Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.”

By Loreben Tuquero• July 9, 2025

Jeff Merkley stated on February 07, 2013 in a press call :

Says, "Since 1994 when VAWA was first passed, incidents of domestic violence have dropped more than 50 percent."

By Charles Pope• February 11, 2013

Gordon Quan stated on June 30, 2010 in an e-mail blast:

Some cardiologists estimate "70 percent of all males over 50 have some form of heart disease."

By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2010

Jennifer McClellan stated on February 15, 2022 in an op-ed.:

“More than half of Virginia’s school buildings are older than 50 years.”

By Warren Fiske• February 18, 2022

Wendy Davis stated on July 15, 2013 in an opinion article:

Says that each year, about 25,000 American women become pregnant through rape or incest.

By Sue Owen• August 15, 2013

Tom Malinowski stated on October 03, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance voted repeatedly "to let insurance companies charge more to people aged 50 and over."

By Stephen Koff• October 9, 2018

Save My Care stated on May 08, 2017 in a digital ad:

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo voted for a health care bill that will let insurance companies "charge five times more for people over 50."

By Amy Sherman• May 11, 2017

Mark Herring stated on April 14, 2015 in a Facebook post.:

"By age 65, the average woman will have lost $431,000 throughout her working career was a result of the pay gap."

By Warren Fiske• April 20, 2015

Ruth Bader Ginsburg stated on June 30, 2014 in a dissenting opinion in "Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby":

"Women of childbearing age spend 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men."

By Louis Jacobson• July 2, 2014

Tim Kaine stated on April 21, 2011 in a TV interview.:

Virginia ranked near the bottom of the nation 50 years ago in per capita income but is in the top 10 today. It had a "very low" rate of higher education attainment but is now above the national average.

By Sean Gorman• May 12, 2011

David Cicilline stated on April 17, 2012 in a news release:

Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 24, 2012

Terry McAuliffe stated on April 27, 2013 in a speech.:

"Of our 98,000 teachers who are K-12, over 53,000 of those teachers today are over 50 years old."

By Nancy Madsen• May 17, 2013

Barack Obama stated on February 08, 2015 in a public-service video during the Grammys:

"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."

By Louis Jacobson• February 16, 2015

Delaine Eastin stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed:

"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."

By Chris Nichols• October 27, 2017

Eric Cantor stated on February 05, 2013 in a speech.:

"Over the last 20 years, the world has changed. It used to be that one could make a career out of working for one company. Today, the average worker stays at his or her job for barely four years."

By Nancy Madsen• March 12, 2013

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