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Search results for "The Flexner Report shut down homeopathy, eclectic medicine, and botanical practices in 1910"

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Jonah Goldberg stated on February 13, 2015 in a column in "National Review":
Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act."
By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Listerine mouthwash can be effectively used as a mosquito repellant.
By Andy Nguyen• June 8, 2021
Club for Growth stated on July 20, 2015 in a statement:
Says David Jolly refused "to cut spending for a national greenhouse in D.C."
By Joshua Gillin• July 27, 2015
Ted Cruz stated on May 06, 2014 in a report:
The Obama administration spent "$205,075 in ‘stimulus’ funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 23, 2014
Pam Bondi stated on April 28, 2010 in a speech.:
I've shut down pill mills.
By Aaron Sharockman• August 11, 2010
Viral image stated on June 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a viral photo shows Susan B. Anthony being "beaten and arrested for trying to vote" in 1872.
By Samantha Putterman• June 12, 2019
Instagram posts stated on June 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"Dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours."
By Gabrielle Settles• June 17, 2021
Phil McGraw stated on April 16, 2020 in a Fox News appearance:
There are “360,000 (deaths) a year from swimming pools. But we don’t shut the country down for that.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 17, 2020
Phil Gingrey stated on January 10, 2013 in a speech:
U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin was "partly right" that a woman's body has a way of shutting down so that a pregnancy doesn't occur if she's raped.
By Janel Davis, Eric Stirgus• January 16, 2013
Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2017 in an interview with the New York Times:
During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."  
By Jon Greenberg• July 21, 2017
Priorities USA Action stated on August 07, 2012 in campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2012
Facebook posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a video on Facebook:
COVID-19 vaccines are creating the coronavirus variants.
By Samantha Putterman• May 28, 2021
BuzzFeedUSA.com stated on December 20, 2016 in a website:
"Breaking: Crew of Air Force One Refuses to Fly Obama 6000 miles ‘Just to Play Golf’ "
By Linda Qiu• December 30, 2016
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia stated on December 02, 2013 in its website:
"Defensive medicine costs Georgia up to $14 billion a year."
By Eric Stirgus• December 11, 2013
Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2016 in a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 26, 2016
Majority Forward stated on July 29, 2016 in In a political ad:
Says Sen. Pat Toomey "even tried to shut down the federal government in order to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood."
By Mark Dent• August 2, 2016
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2022 in a Facebook post:
The United States buys "206,000 barrels of oil a day" from Russia but "shut down domestic oil production a year ago."
By Andy Nguyen• February 28, 2022
Paul Summers stated on September 02, 2012 in in an op-ed article written for Tennessee newspapers.:
Tennessee's appeals court judges "were selected by a handful of party officials in Nashville" before the system of "merit selection" was put into effect.
By Tom Humphrey• September 14, 2012
Dave Weldon stated on July 23, 2012 in a mock debate:
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
By Katie Sanders• July 31, 2012
Katie Pavlich stated on June 18, 2014 in an article on Townhall.com:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes."
By Katie Sanders• August 5, 2014

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