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JD Vance stated on September 17, 2024 in comments made at a campaign rally:
“We're bankrupting a lot of hospitals by forcing these hospitals to provide care for people who don't have the legal right to be in our country.”
By Sam Whitehead• October 23, 2024
Barack Obama stated on October 07, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.:
On the economic crisis, "the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system."
By Robert Farley, Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2008
Steve Mnuchin stated on April 27, 2017 in a April 26 press conference:
Says President Donald Trump "has given more financial disclosure than anybody else."
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2017
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in a Facebook post:
"The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."
By Louis Jacobson• June 15, 2016
Robert Gates stated on April 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
"The video doesn't show the broader picture of the firing that was going on at American troops."
By Robert Farley• April 12, 2010
Mitt Romney stated on March 12, 2012 in a campaign memo:
President Barack Obama is "ending Medicare as we know it."
By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2012
David Gregory stated on July 25, 2010 in an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press:
"25 percent of our economy is the financial sector."
By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2010
Rudy Giuliani stated on November 13, 2016 in CNN's "State of the Union":
Financial conflict-of-interest "laws don't apply to the president, right? So, the president doesn't have to have a blind trust."
By Lauren Carroll• November 16, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" in Ottumwa, Iowa:
"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.
By Louis Jacobson• January 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview:
Fifty percent of workers ages 55 to 64 have "zero" money "in the bank as they enter retirement."
By Tom Kertscher• December 21, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on February 08, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."  
By Lauren Carroll• February 8, 2015
Joe Biden stated on June 22, 2008 in a television interview:
John McCain has changed position on invading Iraq.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 3, 2008
Save America's Postal Service stated on September 29, 2011 in a television ad:
The Postal Service’s financial losses result from "a 2006 law that drains $5 billion a year from post office revenue, while the Postal Service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 29, 2011
Michael Morell stated on September 19, 2016 in an open letter to Donald Trump:
Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 22, 2016
Hogan Gidley stated on February 12, 2018 in an interview on Fox News:
"The president has been very clear. All forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women are deplorable and disgusting. ... He’s said that multiple times in the past."
By Jon Greenberg• February 13, 2018
Harry Reid stated on April 19, 2010 in a Senate floor speech:
The financial services regulatory bill "will end taxpayer bailouts."
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2010
Joe Biden stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families:
"I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."
By Lauren Carroll, Molly O'Connor• June 24, 2014
Donald Trump stated on September 06, 2016 in an interview with ABC News:
"I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return."
By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2016
John Boehner stated on November 03, 2010 in a news conference:
Says that the new financial services law requires 358 regulatory filings.  
By Sabrina Eaton• November 9, 2010
Bill O'Reilly stated on April 13, 2010 in a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor:
"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."
By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2010

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