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Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.
By Jeff Cercone• July 21, 2023
Barack Obama stated on September 22, 2011 in a speech in Cincinnati, Ohio:
"A construction worker who’s making $50 or $60 grand a year shouldn’t be paying higher tax rates than the guy who’s making $50 million a year. And that’s how it’s working right now."
By Louis Jacobson• September 27, 2011
Johnny Isakson stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech:
The Keystone oil pipeline "would employ 20,000 people in the United States."
By Willoughby Mariano• April 11, 2012
Anna Kooiman stated on November 06, 2014 in a segment on "Fox & Friends":
"There would be tens of thousands of jobs created" if President Barack Obama approved the Keystone XL pipeline.
By Katie Sanders• November 11, 2014
Barack Obama stated on July 27, 2013 in an interview with the 'New York Times':
The "most realistic estimates" for jobs created by Keystone XL are "maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline."
By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial:
Says Texas is last in workers' compensation coverage.
By Sue Owen• February 14, 2013
Van Jones stated on February 03, 2014 in a segment on CNN's "Crossfire":
The Keystone pipeline creates "35 permanent jobs" after construction, according to a government report.
By Katie Sanders• February 10, 2014
Thom Tillis stated on July 30, 2020 in a radio interview:
“Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.”
By Paul Specht• August 19, 2020
Chain email stated on November 19, 2009 in a widely circulated e-mail:
Obama has "visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office."
By Robert Farley• November 20, 2009
Bob McDonnell stated on November 02, 2010 in a TV interview:
"We’ve been able to create about 60,000 net new jobs" in Virginia since February.
By Warren Fiske• November 17, 2010
John Cornyn stated on January 20, 2015 in a post on his U.S. Senate website:
The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 23, 2015
Mitt Romney stated on June 05, 2012 in a Web ad:
"More Hispanics have fallen into poverty under Obama."
By Molly Moorhead• June 8, 2012
Marion Hammer stated on February 22, 2011 in comments before a state Senate committee.:
The American Academy of Pediatrics "supports banning guns."
By Aaron Sharockman• March 14, 2011
Bloggers stated on March 16, 2018 in in a video blog:
An all-female construction company built the Florida bridge that collapsed.
By John Kruzel• March 20, 2018
Russ Girling stated on November 16, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are "ongoing, enduring jobs."
By Katie Sanders• November 16, 2014
Lee May stated on January 22, 2015 in the 2015 State of the County address:
DeKalb County has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments.
By April Hunt• February 9, 2015
Ron Johnson stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post:
The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
By Nusaiba Mizan• February 26, 2021
David Sciarra stated on January 05, 2012 in testimony before the state Assembly Budget Committee:
Says over the last two years, New Jersey Schools Development Authority employees "have not started or completed one single school project, and I’m not talking about major school renovation. I’m talking about replacing boilers, roofs."
By Bill Wichert• January 16, 2012
Tom Graves stated on March 07, 2014 in a speech:
When it comes to transportation funds, Georgians spend more in taxes and on red tape than they get back from the federal government.
By Eric Stirgus• March 7, 2014
John Boehner stated on June 25, 2014 in an op-ed for "USA Today":
"The nearly six-year delay in approving Keystone is costing Americans more than 100,000 jobs."
By Steve Contorno• June 26, 2014

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