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Instagram posts stated on January 24, 2023 in an Instagram post:

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 25, 2023

Newt Gingrich stated on January 30, 2012 in a town hall in Jacksonville, Fla.:

"The Obama administration ... would impose on every Catholic institution, every Jewish institution, every Protestant institution the Obamacare standard of what you have to buy as insurance."

By Becky Bowers• January 31, 2012

Josh Hawley stated on January 15, 2020 in a tweet:

“As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, (the Confucius Institute) presented security risks for students & university as a whole.”

By Tyler Messner• February 28, 2020

Bloggers stated on July 10, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Cancer institute finally admits marijuana kills cancer."

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 30, 2018

Frank Annunziato stated on August 06, 2013 in a newspaper interview:

Salaries for URI faculty are second to last among New England land grant universities and in lowest 20 percent of major U.S. research institutions

By Gregory Smith• September 7, 2013

Bill Pascrell stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor:

"As many as 22,000 Americans die each year because they don’t have health insurance."

By Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2009

Anissa Naouai stated on April 16, 2014 in comments on CNN:

"The U.S. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.

By Aaron Sharockman• April 16, 2014

Chris Smith stated on March 08, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:

Says there have been "well over" 54 million abortions since 1973.

By Erin O'Neill• March 18, 2012

Bill Haslam stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:

Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."

By Richard Locker• November 11, 2012

Mark Assini stated on October 18, 2016 in a debate on WROC:

"The photonics bill that was sponsored in Congress and written, was written by Congressman Tom Reed, not Congresswoman Louise Slaughter."

By Dan Clark• November 4, 2016

Wendy Davis stated on August 23, 2014 in a TV ad:

Greg Abbott was "charged with overseeing the state cancer research fund. But he let his wealthiest donors take tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without proper oversight. They showered Abbott with gifts and free vacations."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 31, 2014

Barack Obama stated on January 22, 2015 in an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota:

"The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "

By Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2015

Ray Cross stated on May 26, 2019 in a TV interview:

"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."

By D.L. Davis• June 14, 2019

Michelle Nunn stated on July 22, 2013 in an interview:

Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.

By Eric Stirgus• August 6, 2013

Lumos stated on December 19, 2016 in a factsheet:

"An estimated 8 million children worldwide live in orphanages or residential institutions. Shockingly, 80 percent of these children are not orphans."

By Linda Qiu• January 4, 2017

Alan Grayson stated on October 06, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."

By Louis Jacobson, Aaron Sharockman• October 6, 2010

Chris Christie stated on February 21, 2012 in his budget speech:

"New Jersey has the second highest rate of institutionalization" of people with developmental disabilities "in America. Only Texas puts more of its citizens -- confines more of its citizens -- to institutions than New Jersey. "

By Erin O'Neill• February 26, 2012

Kevin Reilly stated on December 07, 2012 in public remarks:

"Faculty salaries at UW System institutions have now fallen more than 18 percent below the national average."

By Dave Umhoefer• December 26, 2012

Cory Booker stated on February 01, 2013 in a panel discussion on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”:

Says "right now, we have more military spending than the next 10, 11, 12 countries combined."

By Bill Wichert• February 10, 2013

Bill McRaven stated on January 21, 2016 in addressing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board:

University of Texas undergraduate student debt "is less than $21,000… probably one of the lowest debts across the nation."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 12, 2016

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