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Paul Sadler stated on September 26, 2012 in a press release.:
Says Ted Cruz "has pledged to eliminate" the U.S. Department of Education, which would end federal aid to college students.
By W. Gardner Selby• September 27, 2012
Ted Cruz stated on July 12, 2014 in a roundtable with Texas businesses:
"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 20, 2015
Newt Gingrich stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says he was "exonerated in every single case" in 1990s ethics violations charges.
By Willoughby Mariano• February 20, 2012
Bernie Sanders stated on September 25, 2013 in an MSNBC interview:
"(Texas Republicans) believe in abolishing Social Security, abolishing V.A. health care."
By Julie Kliegman• October 2, 2013
Ted Cruz stated on August 03, 2018 in a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune:
Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 6, 2018
Facebook posts stated on February 07, 2023 in a post on Facebook:
"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."
By Tom Kertscher, Amy Sherman• February 10, 2023
Ron Paul stated on December 23, 2007 in a <i>Meet the Press</i> interview:
"If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 3, 2008
Rand Paul stated on January 25, 2015 in a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat:
"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
By Steve Contorno• January 30, 2015
Rob Portman stated on October 17, 2016 in at a debate in Columbus, Ohio:
Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.  
By Nadia Pflaum• October 20, 2016
Colorado Democratic Party stated on August 23, 2016 in a news release :
Says GOP U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn "wants to eliminate the Department of Education" and jeopardize college funding for 320,000 Coloradans.
By Alan Gathright• August 31, 2016
Barack Obama stated on February 16, 2016 in a press conference:
"There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change."
By Lauren Carroll• March 1, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on November 10, 2015 in the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:
"There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible."
By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2015
Blanche Lincoln stated on September 20, 2010 in a TV ad:
"John Boozman is excited about putting a 23 percent national sales tax on everything you buy."
By Robert Farley• October 15, 2010
Paul Ryan stated on September 26, 2016 in a tweet:
 "America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."
By Cara Lombardo• November 16, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on September 21, 2018 in a debate at Southern Methodist University:
Says Beto O’Rourke described police as "modern-day Jim Crow."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 25, 2018
Bloggers stated on March 11, 2018 in a blog post:
"Democrats announce they will abolish ICE if they win 2020 election."  
By Miriam Valverde• March 15, 2018
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
Kamala Harris “supported abolishing ICE.”
By Amy Sherman• July 29, 2024
Rick Scott stated on August 16, 2022 in a press release:
The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents, making the IRS “larger than (the) Pentagon, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Protection and the State Department combined.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Sara Swann• August 17, 2022
Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in remarks in the White House Rose Garden:
A Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders “unity” policy document shows “they want to abolish our police departments. They want to abolish our prisons, I guess.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 17, 2020
Ted Cruz stated on January 10, 2014 in a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum:
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
By Sue Owen• January 16, 2014

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