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Barack Obama stated on October 01, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
By Jon Greenberg• October 9, 2012
Barack Obama stated on June 01, 2015 in remarks at the White House:
Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
By Louis Jacobson• June 3, 2015
Maurice Ferre stated on July 01, 2010 in an editorial board meeting:
"I think it is unacceptable for the Chinese today to be larger in wind power and in solar panels and photovoltaic manufacturing than all of Europe put together -- forget the United States."
By Trenton Daniel• July 23, 2010
Bill Clinton stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."
By Lauren Carroll• July 27, 2016
Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in State of the Union address:
"For the first time in over a decade, business leaders around the world have declared that China is no longer the world’s No. 1 place to invest; America is."
By Joshua Gillin• January 29, 2014
Chuck Grassley stated on June 28, 2009 in interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
"If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent."
By Catharine Richert• July 2, 2009
Americans for Prosperity stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
By Becky Bowers• May 3, 2012
Gretchen Carlson stated on June 02, 2015 in a "Gretchen's Take" on The Real Story:
"Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obama’s time."
By Katie Sanders• June 4, 2015
Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks:
In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”
By Loreben Tuquero• January 29, 2026
Brian Kilmeade stated on March 14, 2024 in on Fox & Friends:
The Chinese government “owns” TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
By Jeff Cercone• March 15, 2024
Jim Webb stated on October 13, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2015
Jim Webb stated on February 03, 2011 in a committee hearing.:
The war in Iraq was a major factor in blowing "the top off the price of oil." 
By Jacob Geiger• February 14, 2011
Facebook posts stated on December 26, 2019 in an image on Facebook:
"China produces 90% of the world’s carbon emissions pollution."
By Amy Sherman• January 2, 2020
Glenn Grothman stated on February 03, 2022 in Twitter:
"The US has made strides in reducing carbon emissions that other parts of the world have not."
By D.L. Davis• March 11, 2022
Nancy Pelosi stated on January 13, 2016 in an interview on CNN:
Until the new Iran deal, China and Russia "have never voted with us at the U.N. on any sanctions on Iran in the past."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on June 27, 2016 in a speech in Cincinnati:
"Risk analysts listed Donald Trump, a Donald Trump presidency, as one of the top threats facing the global economy, ahead of terrorism."
By Louis Jacobson• June 27, 2016
Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing:
The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 29, 2021
Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC:
The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”
By Jon Greenberg• May 21, 2020
Rand Paul stated on May 06, 2020 in an interview:
$3 trillion for federal coronavirus stimulus packages is "being borrowed basically from China."
By Tom Kertscher• May 14, 2020
Nikki Haley stated on November 28, 2023 in an event in Derry, N.H.:
China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades."
By Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2023

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