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Kelly Ayotte stated on December 02, 2012 in :

President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal "couldn't get support from either party in the House or the Senate."

By Jake Berry• December 17, 2012

Lou Greenwald stated on December 04, 2012 in :

"Right now one of our highest job growth sectors is Leisure and Hospitality. We've added jobs that mostly fall within the restaurant and bar sector industry. These are not high-paying jobs, as the U.S. Department of Labor estimates this is an industry sector with the lowest average wages and the lowest proportion of its workforce earning minimum or subminimum wage jobs."

By Caryn Shinske• December 16, 2012

Rick Scott stated on December 11, 2012 in :

Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.

By Katie Sanders• December 14, 2012

John Kasich stated on November 29, 2012 in :

Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."

By Tom Feran• December 12, 2012

Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in :

"In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."

By Caryn Shinske• December 9, 2012

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