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Paul Krugman stated on June 09, 2011 in a New York Times column:

"The average unemployed American has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."

By Louis Jacobson• June 10, 2011

Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2017 in a question-and-answer session with reporters:

Wages "haven’t gone up for a long time."

By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2017

Steve Scalise stated on June 15, 2010 in an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News:

It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh."

By Alex Holt• June 29, 2010

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on July 13, 2018 in an interview on PBS' "Firing Line":

"Unemployment is low because everyone has two jobs. Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their family."

By Louis Jacobson• July 18, 2018

Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting:

"When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long time, they're starting to go up for people."

By Louis Jacobson• March 9, 2018

Charles Schumer stated on July 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down."

By Louis Jacobson• July 25, 2017

Donald Trump stated on August 07, 2017 in a tweet:

Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.

By Manuela Tobias• August 8, 2017

Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network stated on March 16, 2012 in in a TV ad:

Metro Atlantans spend "over an hour every day" or "five hours a week" commuting, for a total of "260 hours a year."

By Willoughby Mariano• March 23, 2012

Joe Barton stated on January 22, 2009 in a statement at a committee meeting.:

Democrats have said that "even one hearing (on the stimulus bill) would be one too many, and that we have a single day to approve these five complex propositions that will affect the lives of millions."

By Robert Farley• January 26, 2009

Rick Perry stated on June 27, 2013 in :

Says a growing number of extremely premature babies survive into healthy childhood.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 11, 2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on October 01, 2013 in a tweet:

The shutdown is projected to result in "$10 billion in costs to the economy per week."

By Amy Sherman• October 3, 2013

Viral image stated on September 06, 2015 in a Facebook post:

"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."

By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2015

Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show:

"I have the No. 1 show on NBC."

By Louis Jacobson• April 8, 2011

TriMet stated on July 02, 2012 in a website:

The Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Project has created 1,525 direct jobs as of June 11, 2012.

By Janie Har• July 16, 2012

Karl Rove stated on March 09, 2010 in his autobiography:

"Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner."

By W. Gardner Selby• March 19, 2010

Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing:

“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”

By Louis Jacobson• November 21, 2023

Donna Brazile stated on August 29, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":

"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."

By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2010

Viral image stated on September 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward."

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 6, 2019

John Kasich stated on January 14, 2011 in a news conference:

Says an EPA permit "languished" under Strickland but his new EPA director got it done in two days.

By Aaron Marshall• February 7, 2011

Donald Trump stated on January 04, 2017 in In a tweet:

"Jackie Evancho’s album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her inauguration performance."

By Mark Dent• January 5, 2017

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