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Search results for "Louisiana has advanced one of the cruelest anti-homeless bills in the country"

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Brian Anderson stated on April 09, 2013 in a Senate Rules Committee meeting:
"Pasco County has the second highest population of homeless in all of Florida."
By Katie Sanders• April 10, 2013
Bloggers stated on July 11, 2018 in a blog post:
"Giant rats plague New York City as 4 homeless men found eaten alive"
By Katie Akin• July 16, 2018
Ryan Sitton stated on November 07, 2017 in a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor:
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 8, 2017
Instagram posts stated on September 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Martha’s Vineyard "used the military to deport every last illegal migrant from their island.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 20, 2022
Shelley Adler stated on May 04, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:
Says Jon Runyan voted to "end programs to aid homeless veterans."
By Erin O'Neill• May 24, 2012
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on July 23, 2018 in a tweet:
In New York City, "for every one person experiencing homelessness here, there are about three vacant apartments."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 25, 2018
Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2013 in a meme on social media:
"44% of homeless people are employed."
By Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2013
Bill Foster stated on July 09, 2013 in a campaign brochure:
"Since I was elected, crime rates have been at their lowest in over a decade."
By Katie Sanders• July 19, 2013
Jonathan Martin stated on March 04, 2024 in a Senate session:
“This is the era where people are given smartphones when they cross the border and enter our country.”
By Maria Briceño• March 7, 2024
Jeb Bush stated on December 28, 2015 in remarks at a Florida campaign stop:
"In Houston, Texas, today, there are no homeless veterans."  
By Emma Hinchliffe• January 15, 2016
Rick Santorum stated on January 19, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
President Obama has "said he is going to cut veterans' benefits."
By Molly Moorhead• January 20, 2012
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 07, 2019 in a tweet:
"Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."
By Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2019
Tammy Duckworth stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet:
Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• September 20, 2019
Mike Huckabee stated on August 20, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
By Louis Jacobson• August 29, 2013
Tucker Carlson stated on October 02, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "Outnumbered":
Democrats give "Newports to the homeless to get them to the polls."
By Jon Greenberg• October 28, 2014
Rhue Reis stated on September 07, 2014 in a TV debate:
"You have 200,000 to 400,000 military veterans on the street in this country on any given day."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 16, 2014
Shaun Donovan stated on March 05, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
"It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets."
By Molly Moorhead• March 12, 2012
Tom Cotton stated on April 08, 2021 in a tweet:
“New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.”
By Cassidey Kavathas• May 18, 2021
Conservative Solutions PAC stated on February 29, 2016 in a Conservative Solutions PAC ad, first aired on Feb. 29:
"Trump refuses to denounce the KKK."
By Riley Snyder• March 10, 2016
Jacqueline Collins stated on February 24, 2017 in an email newsletter:
"Governor Rauner has called every year for eliminating funding for afterschool programs for at-risk youth, homeless prevention services and programs that help autistic children."
By Marc Filippino• March 30, 2017

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By Katie Sanders• July 11, 2013

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By Katie Sanders• July 28, 2015

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