Rand Paul says Weve seen priests beheaded by the Islamic rebels on the other side. Weve also seen an Islamic rebel eating the heart of a soldier.

Context: an interview on CNN's 'Crossfire'


Lincoln Chafee says Experts say the property tax is the most harmful to economic growth and . . . the sales tax is least harmful.

Context: a news conference


Lars Larson says TriMet is spending 4.2 million in fed funds to save $168K per year.

Context: Twitter


Greg Abbott says A 2011 measure passed into law with Wendy Davis support removes from the attorney general the ability to settle lawsuits just like the school funding case.

Context: a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.


Kasim Reed says Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation.

Context: a speech at the Commerce Club


Mitt Romney says "(McCain) was opposed to ethanol. Now he's for it."

Context: Stratham, N.H.


William Ruto says Cancer and matters to do with kidney failure kill more people in Kenya today than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined.

Context: a speech at a political rally


George Lemieux says 750 days since Bill Nelson the Democrats in the Senate passed a budget. How can this be justified?

Context: a tweet


Physicians Committee Responsible Medicine says Rhode Islands teen binge drinking rate is double the national average.

Context: an advertisement


Lee Fisher says As President George W. Bushs trade representative, Portman failed to address Chinas currency manipulation, which was inflated to as much as 40 percent in 2006.

Context: a news release


Richard Corcoran says Medicaid patients were 97 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance.

Context: an email to constituents


Bill Mccollum says Rick Scotts company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating.

Context: a campaign mail piece.


Billboard Spaghetti Junction says Demand for public transportation is reaching record levels in Wisconsin.

Context: a press release


Eileen Brady says Many people Ive talked to are angry that because of City Hall inaction we may have to spend a needless $500 million to cover and treat our pure drinking water.

Context: in a speech


Sylvester Turner says The Katy Freeway, or Interstate 10 west of Houston, is the widest freeway in the world, with up to 26 lanes, including frontage road lanes.

Context: a press conference announcing new chairman of transit authority


Ron Paul says Today gasoline hit $6 a gallon in Florida.

Context: a debate in Arizona


Mike Martinez says The majority of Austinites rent the places they live.

Context: as quoted in a news story


Lamar Alexander says The health care bill "dumps 15 to 18 million low-income Americans into a Medicaid program that none of us want to be a part of because 50 percent of doctors won't see new patients."

Context: the televised health care summit


Paul Ryan says In Massachusetts under Mitt Romney, unemployment went down, household incomes went up, and the state saw its credit rating upgraded.

Context: a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa


Marco Rubio says This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States.

Context: comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland


Tim Kaine says When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate.

Context: a speech


Tim Kaine says Even Richard Nixon released his tax returns to the public when he was running for president ...

Context: a speech


Cory Booker says Weve seen in this last year tremendous things happening, including our unemployment rate come down 2 percentage points.

Context: an interview on WBGO’s “Newark Today”


AARP says Large phone companies and their trade association have hired 35 registered lobbyists to influence and pass SB 271 (deregulation legislation).

Context: a news release


Rob Woodall says Forty-seven percent of (members of Congress) are millionaires.

Context: a meeting


Harry Reid says There was a loss of eight million jobs during the Bush eight years.

Context: a Senate floor speech


State Democratic Party Wisconsin says Hes been in office nearly four years now, but 40% of Wisconsinites dont know who (U.S. Sen.) Ron Johnson is.

Context: a Facebook post


Jack Reed says New England already has access to ample supplies of natural gas.

Context: a letter to a Senate committee


Marco Rubio says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.


Mitt Romney says Today there are more men and women out of work in America than there are people working in Canada.

Context: a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference


Barack Obama says "Iraq is costing each household about $100 a month."

Context: a speech in Charleston, W.Va.


Chris Bollwage says Our jobless rate, our unemployment rate, is the lowest of all of the big cities in New Jersey.

Context: a speech at the Cuban Club in Elizabeth


Atlanta Police Foundation says Crime in Atlanta is down 18 percent since 2009.

Context: flier to supporters


Jon Runyan says there are $500 billion in Medicare cuts required to pay for this flawed [health care law].

Context: a press release


Sarah Palin says Obama said (the individual mandate) wasnt a tax.

Context: a tweet


Dick Greco says Refinanced $232.6 million in bonds, resulting in reduced debt service for the City.

Context: a report on his past accomplishments as Tampa mayor


John Whitbeck says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland voted to uphold D.C.s ban on handguns.

Context: an email


Sheila Jackson Lee says Between 1990 and 2013, the maternal mortality rate for women in the U.S. has increased by 136%.

Context: remarks inserted into the Congressional Record


Rick Scott says Since I took office, weve created 76,800 jobs.

Context: a statement


Hillary Clinton says We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns.

Context: the third 2016 presidential debate


Jeff Greene says "If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today."

Context: a Democratic U.S. Senate debate against Rep. Kendrick Meek


Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says Rep. Robert Hurt voted again today to end Medicare and raise health care costs for Virginia seniors.

Context: an e-mail.


Newt Gingrich says The Obama administration actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department.

Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"


Newt Gingrich says On torture.

Context: a news interview


John Kasich says Ted Strickland destroyed Ohio jobs when he busted the budget.

Context: a campaign video


Marco Rubio says Democrats plan to keep student loan interest rates low by raising taxes on small businesses, very small businesses the kinds of small businesses that give jobs to graduates.

Context: a video statement


David Perdue says U.S. Senate candidate Jack Kingston spent our tax dollars on thousands of wasteful earmarks.

Context: an ad


Jackie Speier says Even members of the NRA, when they were polled recently, were under the impression that everyone has a criminal background check.

Context: an MSNBC interview


Kai Ryssdal says A Congressional Budget Office report says President Barack Obamas executive order to raise the minimum wage for new federal contract workers will cost the economy 500,000 jobs.

Context: a "Marketplace" segment


Donald Trump says The federal government is sending refugees to states with governors who are Republicans, not to the Democrats.

Context: an interview on Laura Ingraham's radio show


Jeb Bush says The Democrats are responsible for the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making.

Context: his presidential announcement speech


Mike Stenhouse says Rhode Island has the most burdensome level of health-insurance mandates in the nation.

Context: a commentary in The Providence Journal


Reince Priebus says The national unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for a record 36 months.

Context: an op-ed piece


Patrick Murphy says Marco Rubio didnt show up for a vote on his own bill on sanctions against Hezbollah.

Context: a campaign ad


Karl Rove says Under a public health care option, 120 million Americans will lose what they now get from private companies and be forced onto the government-run rolls as businesses decide it is more cost-effective for them to drop coverage.

Context: an op-ed.


David Englin says A cashier earning $20,000 per year pays the same (Virginia) income tax rate as a hedge fund manager earning $20 million per year.

Context: a news release.


Scott Walker says With a bill bringing $100 million in property tax relief, the typical Wisconsin homeowner will save approximately $680 over four years.

Context: a press release


John Mccain says "It (Georgia) was one of the earliest Christian nations. The king of then-Georgia in the third century converted to Christianity."

Context: Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, Calif.


Vote No 2 says Amendment 2 will put almost 2,000 pot shops in Florida ... more pot shops than Walmart and Walgreens combined.

Context: a video


Jay Carney says In the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire, none of the candidates mentioned the middle class or education.

Context: a comment to reporters aboard Air Force One


Barack Obama says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that could have been made here in America.

Context: a campaign ad


Ibdeditorialscom says The health care reform bill -- on Page 16 -- outlaws private insurance.

Context: an editorial.


Colorado Citizens Accountable Government says When Rachel Zenzinger was on the Arvada City Council, she voted to spend taxpayer funds for a junket to China.

Context: a mailer


Michael Chippendale says Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany.

Context: a public forum


Chris Matthews says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, was elected in a very low turnout race.

Context: comments on his MSNBC show


Rob Portman says More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more.

Context: a radio interview


Barbara Comstock says five Democratic state senators were for her bicycle tailgating bill before they were against it.

Context: a Facebook post.


Bill Clinton says Theres not a single, solitary example that signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall had anything to do with the financial crash.

Context: an interview with Inc. magazine


Glenn Grothman says On support for the Export-Import Bank


Steve Southerland says 92 percent of President Barack Obamas administration has never worked outside government.

Context: comments at the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.


Scott Brown says The stimulus bill "didnt create one new job."

Context: a press conference


Russ Feingold says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson is opposed to all government-assisted student loans.

Context: a speech


Jeanne Shaheen says Big Oil gave Scott Brown $454,260.

Context: an ad


Marcia Fudge says In Cuyahoga County ... 56 percent of weekend voters in 2008 were African American while adult African Americans comprise 28 percent of the county population.

Context: a news release


Veronica Escobar says El Paso is the safest city of our size in the nation.

Context: a telephone conference call with reporters.


Americans Prosperity says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as $1.2 billion to a solar company thats building a plant in Mexico.

Context: a TV ad


Michael Bloomberg says "We can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn't have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47."

Context: an op ed article


Scott Brown says Im ninth generation from New Hampshire.

Context: speech to the Nashua Rotary Club


Barack Obama says Wisconsin Republicans repealed a statewide fair pay law that made sure women are treated fairly on the job.

Context: a speech


Liberal Blogger says Under a proposed Georgia law, women who miscarry could become felons.

Context: a blog post


Maryellen Oshaughnessy says Since 2000, when he entered politics, Jon Husted has been on the ballot six times for three different political offices.

Context: a news release


Ed Lindsey says Georgia has some of the highest gas taxes in the Southeast but one of the lowest taxes on gasoline for transportation in the nation.

Context: an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story


David Canon says (Paul Ryan) has actually proposed three total, three bills that have become law in his entire career dating back to 1999.

Context: a New York Times article


Chris Christie says Only the State of New York spends more money on Medicaid than the State of New Jersey.

Context: a television interview on On the Line


Chuck Todd says Cantors campaign spent more at steakhouses than Brat spent on his entire campaign.

Context: comments on MSNBC


John Mccain says "The average South Korean is3 inches taller than the average North Korean, a huge gulag."

Context: a debate in Oxford, Miss.


Rick Perry says We cut property taxes by one-third.

Context: a Republican gubernatorial debate


Pat Boone says An independent payment advisory board created by the health care reform law can ration care and deny certain Medicare treatments.

Context: a television ad


Chris Telfer says her accomplishments include a fiscally responsible budget agreement that controls state spending.

Context: a press release


One Wisconsin Now says state schools superintendent candidate Don Pridemore voted for the largest cuts to public education in our state history and for $2.3 billion in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy.

Context: a news release


Michelle Nunn says David Perdue built his business career outsourcing American jobs.

Context: a U.S. Senate debate


Jimmie Don Aycock says Some of the colleges, including AM, have already guaranteed that they will not increase their tuition.

Context: remarks on the floor of the Texas House


Steve Adler says Austin was the site of the first mass shooting in the country.

Context: an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM


Yard Sign says President Obama has fired more cruise missiles than all other Peace Prize winners combined.

Context: a yard on Route 12 near Keene, N.H.


Will Weatherford says The Legislature needs to spend $500 million to shore up the pension fund this year and the next 28 years to keep it afloat.

Context: remarks on first day of session


Michelle Obama says More than one-quarter of Americas young adults are too fat to serve in the U.S. military

Context: a speech


Glenn Beck says Van Jones is an avowed, self-avowed radical revolutionary communist.

Context: his radio program


Chris Coons says New Castle Countys unemployment rate has not almost doubled in the last two years.

Context: a televised debate, disputing a claim by Republican Christine O'Donnell


Bob Buckhorn says he balanced the budget without raising taxes.

Context: a campaign ad


John Driscoll says (Sen. Robert) Gordon cost us money, exempting the Newark sports arena from paying property taxes and sticking us with the bill.

Context: a television ad posted on YouTube


Charlie Crist says The passage of the teacher tenure bill in the Fla. Legislature was like the health care bill in Congress because one party jammed it through.

Context: in a press conference announcing veto of SB 6.


Mitt Romney says "(McCain) said he was opposed to overturning Roe v. Wade. Now he's for overturning Roe v. Wade."

Context: Stratham, N.H.


Joni Ernst says Bruce Braley threatened to sue a neighbor over chickens that came onto (his) property.

Context: a debate


Reince Priebus says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in his budget repair bill is showing that no stone goes unturned as he asks everyone to tighten their belts.

Context: a statement to reporters


Rand Paul says Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors.

Context: an interview with NPR


Jennifer Horn says For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice.

Context: a press release


Barack Obama says "McCain used to buck his party on immigration by fighting for comprehensive reform. . . . But when he was running for his party's nomination, he . . . said that he wouldn't even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote."

Context: a speech in Washington, D.C.


Kevin Dewine says President Obama and Democrats spending addiction has driven our national debt to historic proportions, maxed out our national credit card and has now led to the Democrat Downgrade of our countrys AAA credit rating.

Context: a news release


Rachel Maddow says Republicans Chuck Grassley, John Boehner and John Mica flip-flopped on providing end-of-life counseling for the elderly.

Context: the Rachel Maddow Show


Greg Abbott says The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes.

Context: a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.


Marco Rubio says Marco Rubio wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers.

Context: a campaign ad


Winning Our Future says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt.

Context: the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"


Ruth Marcus says The best evidence is that you lose -- if you use marijuana as a teenager regularly -- eight IQ points.

Context: comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Chuck Todd says In Florida, the number of voters who now register as other has grown by a million in the last 10 years. Compare that with the Democrats, who only grew by 300,000 and the Republicans who grew by just 200,000.

Context: comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Bob Corker says We havent passed a budget in more than three years and not a single appropriations bill has been brought to the floor this year.

Context: in a press release.


Donald Trump says Were practically not allowed to use coal any more. What do we do with our coal? We ship it to China and they spew it in the air.

Context: an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"


Patrick Lynch says Deepwaters own testimony . . . is they said theyll create six jobs.

Context: an appearance on Newsmakers


Hillary Clinton says Mark Zandi, who wrote a report criticizing Donald Trumps economic proposals, is one of Sen. John McCains former economic advisers.

Context: remarks in Raleigh, N.C.


Duf Sundheim says There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. And thats just within the last year.

Context: a debate


Kendrick Meek says Marco Rubio says Solo Ingles (English only).

Context: a web ad.


Michael Moore says Goldman Sachs was Barack Obama's "No. 1 private contributor."

Context: an interview on "The Colbert Report"


Chris Garrett Bill Kennemer says Say this biennium, liquor sales account for nearly $1 billion in the state budget.

Context: a commentary article.


Chris Abele says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget without raising taxes five years in a row.

Context: a TV ad


Rush Holt says A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage.

Context: an e-mail newsletter


Oregon Food Bank says Oregon, once again, remains among the top five hungriest states in the nation.

Context: a press release


Mitch Mcconnell says he voted for even stronger protections (in the Violence Against Women Act)than Obamas agenda will allow.

Context: a campaign ad


Cormick Lynch says The cost of college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978.

Context: a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers


Patrick Mchenry says "Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."

Context: an op ed article


Chain Email says The church Barack Obama belongs to only admits black people.


Newt Gingrich says Ben Bernanke has been the most inflationary chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.

Context: a debate


Marina Dimitrijevic says The Milwaukee County Board approved a reform package by a 15-3 vote, meaning Board Supervisors salaries will be cut by 20 percent and the Boards budget will be cut by 50 percent.

Context: a news release


Charlie Justice says "Bill Young uses his campaign money for, among other things, a luxury car."

Context: a Web ad


Bruce Rauner says We have lower family incomes in Illinois today than we had 17 years ago in Illinois ...because of the control of (House) Speaker (Michael) Madigan and his Democrats.

Context: a press conference


Bob Goodlatte says Before taking executive action on immigration, President Obama stated 22 times that he does not have the authority to change immigration laws on his own.

Context: a website post.


David Sutton says excise taxes are...disproportionately burdening middle- and lower-income consumers.

Context: an interview


Occupy Democrats says After actions by Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans, Wisconsin is dead broke.

Context: a Facebook post


Nathan Deal says Georgia still has one of the richest programs in terms of scholarships for students to go to college.

Context: a radio interview


Alisha Thomas Morgan says In order to pass the CRCT in Georgia, you simply have to get half of the answers correct.

Context: a speech


Ted Poe says Obamacare medical device tax has led to the loss of thousands of jobs in U.S.

Context: an email to a constituent


Kathy Nickolaus says Human error, such as skipping a community in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, is common in (the vote-tabulation) process.

Context: remarks at a news conference


Patti Doyle says At Twin River, were more than competitive with nearby casinos in slot machine payouts.

Context: a radio interview


Sherrod Brown says Understand, this is unemployment insurance. Its not welfare, as a lot of my Republican colleagues like to suggest it is. You pay into it when youre working. You get help when youre not.

Context: an MSNBC interview


Matt Lundy says The substitute budget now adds in tax breaks and tax deductions for those who buy these prisons.

Context: a news conference


Environmental Justice League Ri Environmental Just says In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal.

Context: a report


Moveon says "The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children."

Context: an e-mail message


Judy Shiprack Diane Mckeel says Say in November 2010, voters overwhelmingly supported the idea of creating a (library) district.

Context: a guest column


Ted Cruz says Donald Trump has described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history.

Context: on CNN's "State of the Union."


Arne Duncan says A scheduled speech by President Barack Obama will be the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school.

Context: a letter to principals


Robert Menendez says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created five million jobs.

Context: a campaign rally


Lloyd Doggett says With this reform, every insured American gets valuable consumer protections, and every uninsured American can become insured.

Context: a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives


Sean Hannity says Under President Barack Obamas jobs bill, you can sue if you are unemployed and dont get the job and think you werent hired because you are unemployed.

Context: a discussion on Fox News' "Hannity"


Mitt Romney says National debt plus unfunded liabilities adds up to $520,000 per American household.

Context: a speech in St. Petersburg, Fla.


Rick Perry says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended near the states border with Mexico.

Context: an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News


John Mccain says Rev. Wright said "that al-Qaida and the American flag were the same flags."

Context: Coral Gables, Fla.


Gina Raimondo says The average 401(k) in America of a person whos 60 years old is under $100,000.

Context: an appearance on 10 News Conference


Barack Obama says Mitt Romney wants to end tax credits for wind producers.

Context: a campaign event


Ken Detzner says November 2012 was a record year of turnout. More people voted before Election Day using absentee ballots and voting early than ever before in our history.

Context: a CNN interview


Tim Ryan says If you are born poor in America, we rank ninth or tenth in our citizens ability to climb up through that ladder and get themselves into the middle class.

Context: a House of Representatives floor speech


Barack Obama says By the time Obama took office, The Bush administration had given the car companies $13 billion and the money was now gone.

Context: a campaign video


Hank Johnson says by reducing chronic health care costs in the State of Georgia, we can reduce the $32.8 billion lost each year due to lack of productivity and economic costs.

Context: a letter


Americans Prosperity Georgia Chapter says Obamacare will mean 2.1 million fewer jobs by 2021.

Context: an article


Harry Reid says President Obama has declared disasters in 48 of 50 states this year.

Context: a speech on the Senate floor


Heather Moore says Each vegan spares more than 100 animals every year.

Context: a Providence Journal commentary


Sarah Copelin Wood says I have given $30,000 of my unused travel expenses over the years to supplement the school systems general budget.

Context: a newspaper article


Jon Runyan says The deal to raise the nations debt ceiling will directly link a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts for the first time ever.

Context: a mailer posted on bluejersey.com


Tom Price says Sixteen thousand new Internal Revenue Service agents will be empowered to enforce the new health care legislation.

Context: a television interview


Marco Rubio says The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet.

Context: a CPAC speech


John Mccain says Sen. Clinton said "the surge of troops in Iraq was 'working.' Now.... Sen. Clinton says the surge 'has failed' and that we should 'begin the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.'"

Context: a news release


Paul Broun says that except for foreign policy, Ron Pauls voting record and his voting record are virtually identical.

Context: a fundraiser letter


Bernie S says The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse.

Context: comments during the PBS Democratic debate


Vincent Fort says What concerns me is there is only two sentences that have been written about minority business.

Context: a Twitter post


Edward Markey says the Congressional Budget Office estimates a cap-and-trade program would cost the average family the equivalent of a postage stamp a day.

Context: a press release.


Rahm Emanuel says If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship.

Context: ABC's "This Week"


Ward Armstrong says On campaign contributions from electric utilities.

Context: a news conference.


John Edwards says "Our children's safety is potentially at risk because nearly half of the apple juice consumed by our children comes from apples grown in China."

Context: a speech in Manchester, N.H.


Chris Christie says By the way, Im not raising tolls 50 percent....Jon Corzine did.

Context: a radio interview


Scott Walker says If public employees dont pay more for benefits starting April 1, 2011, the equivalent is 1,500 state employee layoffs by June 30, 2011 and 10,000 to 12,000 state and local government employee layoffs in the next two years.

Context: a news conference


Paul Ryan says Over the past three years, deep poverty has reached its highest level on record.

Context: a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff


Donald Trump says Bernie Sanders is going to tax you people at 90 percent.

Context: comments at a rally.


Dan Gelber says Pam Bonditold a group of lobbyists shell side with corporate special interests as attorney general.

Context: a TV campaign ad


Barack Obama says Romney wants to add $2 trillion to the defense budget that the military hasnt asked for.

Context: a presidential debate in Denver


Lauren Benedict says U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey wants public schools to teach women to stay in their place.

Context: a Georgia's WIN List press release


Rob Gleason says As the election tracker FiveThirtyEight has reported, whoever wins Pennsylvania will be our next President.

Context: a fundraising email


Roger Williams says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district hes seeking to represent.

Context: at a campaign stop.


Newt Gingrich says No one in American history has moved from a June 16 announcement to a May 26 winning of a majority. Trumps achievement is remarkable.

Context: a post on Twitter


Barack Obama says The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while theyre in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them when theyre in saltwater.

Context: the State of the Union speech


Paul Ryan says The U.S.tax rate on successful small businesses is 44.6 percent, while the business tax rate in Canada is 15 percent.

Context: a TV interview


Charles Bass says Ann McLane Kuster is for a government takeover of health care more radical than Obamacare. And she supports a $700 billion cut to Medicare for current retirees.

Context: an ad “Dancing,” released September 26, 2012.


Frank Lautenberg says Last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. And Lord knows we need that. But thats more than we spent on Amtrak in its entire 40-year history.

Context: an article on NOLA.com


Barack Obama says You cannot get (Ebola) from just riding on a plane or bus.

Context: the president's weekly national address


Jon Kyl says Said the Washington Post argued that a failure to pass the START treaty this year would be no calamity, and that the Associated Press saidthe administration concedes the security risk is not immediate.

Context: an interview on "NBC's Meet the Press"


Jim Sullivan says We currently have one guy who is in charge of painting the entire Milwaukee County parks system.

Context: a meeting with Journal Sentinel reporters and editors


Richard August says Deer baiting, planned for Block Island by DEM, is illegal in Rhode Island.

Context: a Providence Journal commentary


Jess Mcintosh says Liberty University students were mandated to attend Sen. Ted Cruzs presidential announcement or they would be fined.

Context: a broadcast of MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes"


Donald Trump says Hundreds of thousands of (illegal immigrants are) going to state and federal penitentiaries.

Context: an interview on Fox Business Network


Sarah Palin says Slim Jims just recently cost 99 cents but now cost $2.69.

Context: an interview with "Newsweek"


Lynn Westmoreland says President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to lift Irans economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct.

Context: press release


Jorge Ramos says "President Barack Obama has deported more people in his first year in office than George W. Bush in his last year in office."

Context: an interview on ABC's 'This Week'


Barack Obama says Weve seen our deficits cut by two-thirds.

Context: his 2015 State of the Union address


Rick Perry says The city of Houston now has more debt per capita than California.

Context: a Web ad


Alan Grayson says Patrick Murphy is one of only three Democrats in the House today who voted to create the Benghazi committee.

Context: a fundraising email


Marco Rubio says Patrick Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement.

Context: a TV ad


Mike Huckabee says "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."

Context: a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.


Jennifer Horn says Jeanne Shaheen got behind the idea of using the IRS to target American citizens for their political views.

Context: remarks at a party fundraiser


Todd Staples says On average, Americans spend less than 10 percent of their disposable income on food. Compare that to folks in Mexico, who spend 22 percent, China, 28 percent and Russia, 37 percent.

Context: an op-ed


Joe Donald says We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. Were locking up more people than China and Russia.

Context: an interview


Jeb Bush says You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes.

Context: remarks at an economic summit in Orlando


Laurie Monnes Anderson says In 2010 about 75 percent of child abuse and neglect reports in Oregon were made by those required to report by law.

Context: a Senate floor speech


Rob Bovett says Since Oregons prescription-only law took effect, meth lab incidents have dropped by 96 percent and meth-related arrests by 32 percent.

Context: an article in The New York Times


Jon Husted says OShaughnessy even voted for her own personal stimulus package -- a taxpayer-funded pay raise for herself.

Context: a television campaign ad


Chet Edwards says When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no.

Context: a TV ad


Barack Obama says Because of Obamacare, over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up -- its true -- but theyve gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years.

Context: a debate in Denver


Charlie Crist says Marco Rubio endorsed Obamacare for his own family.

Context: an op-ed


Kelly Cassidy says Then, the Republican leader theatrically introduced new bills with stopgap budget language, declaring that we could stay until midnight and pass this compromise. Except under our constitution, a bill has to be read on 3 different days, so thats not possible.

Context: a Facebook post


John Mccain says "There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication."

Context: remarks to reporters by campaign adviser Carly Fiorina in Washington, D.C.


Paul Begala says Ken Cuccinelli attacked churches for helping the poor.

Context: a fundraising letter.


Allan Fung says We have created new jobs here in Cranston -- more than 1,000.

Context: a campaign speech


Facebook Posts says Michele Bachmann said, The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You dont see any illegal Mexicans in China.

Context: a meme.


Seth Magaziner says Rhode Islands state pension system underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office.

Context: a debate on WPRI-TV


Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton was let off the hook for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life destroyed for doing far, far less.

Context: a speech


Sean Hannity says The Obama administration is "cutting back on defense"

Context: an interview with Sen. John McCain on Fox News Channel


John Loughlin says Transporting drugs is the price of admission for people crossing the border illegally.

Context: a comment on The Helen Glover Show


Charlie Crist says Charlie Crist stopped layoffs of some 20,000 school teachers during the global economic meltdown.

Context: a speech announcing his candidacy for governor


Bernie S says Hillary Clinton supported and continues to support fracking.

Context: in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press


Jeffrey Toobin says "A filibuster has never really been successfully used against a Supreme Court justice."

Context: an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"


Duane Hall says North Carolinas coast is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm.

Context: a tweet


Ron Johnson says Russ Feingold supported a stimulus plan that allowed a company to create 3,000 jobs in China.

Context: a campaign TV ad


Rick Perry says Scientists are questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. (It is) more and more being put into question.

Context: a campaign stop in New Hampshire


Robert Menendez says Paul Ryans budget would turn Medicare into a voucher.

Context: a debate on NJTV


Mike Huckabee says he has "the most impressive education record" of the Republican candidates.

Context: a debate in Des Moines, Iowa


Rush Limbaugh says Obamacare is going to increase the divorce rate.

Context: a segment on his radio show


David Pepper says Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio.

Context: an Ohio House committee hearing


Joseph Kyrillos says Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch.

Context: a speech at his campaign kickoff


Wisconsin Institute Law Liberty says Madison Mayor Paul Soglins stated intent when proposing that city contractors disclose private political donations was to discourage contributions to organizations with which he disagrees.

Context: a web posting


Chris Danou says A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is creating exceptions in the law for politicians.

Context: remarks in Assembly debate


Greg Walden says we allow more people into America legally than all other countries on the planet combined.

Context: a radio interview


State Public Service Announcement says By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.


Paul Doughty says Providence is one of the busiest fire departments for its relative size in the country.

Context: an appearance on WPRI's "Newsmakers.


John Mccain says "We now have a pro-American president in France, which shows if you live long enough, anything can happen in this world."

Context: a speech in South Portland, Maine


Conservative Solutions Pac says Chris Christie instituted an Internet sales tax.

Context: an attack ad


Newt Gingrich says No federal official at any level is currently allowed to say Merry Christmas.

Context: a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa


Chain Email says Obama "refused to not only put his hand on his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance, but refused to say the pledge."

Context: an e-mail circulated by many people.


Scott Turner says I started the whole year as a senior on the University of Illinois football team and led the team in interceptions and tackles from defensive back.

Context: a speech


Mike Ryan says People committed involuntarily for 72 hours under the Baker Act will get their guns back automatically and immediately upon discharge....and their commitment is never entered into a background check database.

Context: a column in a political blog


Scott Walker says he never called teachers thugs and has said nothing but great things about them during the fight over his curbs on unions

Context: a television interview


Planned Parenthood Votes says Nevada Republican Senate nominee Joe Heck voted to criminalize abortion for rape victims.

Context: an ad


Scott Walker says In Wisconsin, 98 percent of all small businesses will qualify for income-tax relief under my plan, freeing them to expand and create jobs.

Context: a news release


Ted Cruz says The Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller.

Context: an interview on Fox News


John Podesta says Hillary Clintons been very clear where she stands on trade.

Context: comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Donald Trump says to Hillary Clinton, You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it.

Context: a Presidential debate


Scott Walker says On the status of illegal immigrants

Context: an interview


John Mccain says A new presidential helicopter is now going to cost as much as Air Force One.

Context: a White House forum on fiscal responsibility.


Jon Huntsman says Utah was the No. 1 job creator in this country during my years of service as governor, with a 5.9 percent increase in jobs.

Context: a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Presidential Library


Donald Trump says An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views.

Context: a speech at the Republican convention


Facebook Posts says In 1993 the Republicans embraced a health platform that proudly features an individual mandate as its main component.

Context: a Facebook post


Paul Broun says (Jack Kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the Georgia delegation put together.

Context: an interview


Cory Booker says You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day by gunfire in America.

Context: a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"


Ted Cruz says One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas


Michael Mccaul says I stopped requesting earmarks in 2008.

Context: a newsletter


Bernie S says he supported the 1994 crime bill because there is a ban on assault weapons in that bill.

Context: comments on "Meet the Press"


Conservative Solutions Pac says Donald Trump bans disabled veterans from his high rise.

Context: a TV ad


Cory Booker says Youre more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas thanfind in-person voter fraud.

Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week."


Everytown Gun Safety says Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia a state that last year did the NRAs bidding and weakened its already lax gun laws.

Context: a press release


Trebor Banstetter says Georgia has one of the nations highest jet fuel taxes.

Context: a newspaper article


Donald Trump says On whether the federal government should set a minimum wage

Context: a news conference


Ted Cruz says In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000.

Context: an interview on ABC's This Week


Judd Gregg says Obama's proposed budget doubles the debt in five years, triples it in 10 years.

Context: in a Fox News interview.


Robert Healey says Of the states that have a lieutenant governor, many are currently discussing the need for such an obsolete office.

Context: a commentary in The Providence Journal


Nathan Deal says Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke.

Context: press conference


Pardeep Kaleka says Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns.

Context: an online video


American Crossroads says Bill Nelson sold agricultural land for home development, pocketing at least $1.4 million.

Context: a TV commercial


Hillary Clinton says John Kerry is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account.

Context: a House hearing on Benghazi


Allen West says U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia.

Context: a tweet


Tom Tancredo says eight Americans died in a knife attack at a Minnesota mall.

Context: a fundraising email


Eva Longoria says Paul Ryan wants to cut Pell Grant scholarships for nearly 10 million students.

Context: a tweet


Charles Koch says he has engaged in the political process only in the past decade.

Context: a "Wall Street Journal" op-ed


Democratic National Committee says One thing that is much more unpopular than the Affordable Care Act is repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Context: an interview on CNN's "State of the Union."


Ted Cruz says carpet bombing means bombing not a city, but the location of the troops, with embedded special forces to direct the air power.


Loretta Sanchez says The Brady Campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating.

Context: a debate


Barack Obama says If the sequester hits, hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose access to primary care and preventive care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings.

Context: a speech in Washington, D.C.


Judicial Watch says A little-known unit of the Department of Justice, the Community Relations Service, was deployed to Sanford, FL, following the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman.

Context: a press release


Doonesbury says The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million to develop and run their torture program.

Context: the Sunday comics


Tom Price says [N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see.

Context: Op-Ed


American Bridge 21st Century says Marco Rubios proposed college affordability overhaul would specifically benefit for-profit colleges.

Context: a press release


John Mccain says On Obama, "The press warns the 'Taxman Cometh.'"


Amy Klobuchar says Human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world.

Context: a speech at the Democratic National Convention


Marco Rubio says On the Arizona immigration law.

Context: comments to the conservative website Human Events.


John Mccain says On offshore drilling.

Context: flip-o-meter


Luis Gutierrez says Every single strawberry that is served to Members of Congress will have passed through the rough hands of an undocumented immigrant.

Context: in a speech


Jeb Bush says Too many tattoos on visible body parts keepsome applicants out of the military.

Context: a 'Wall Street Journal' CEO Council event


American Bird Conservancy says A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists.

Context: a press release


Joe Wilson says You lie! (in response to President Obama saying health reform would not insure illegal immigrants.)

Context: the audience at a joint session of Congress


Viral Image says Pope Francis uses a modest compact car to get around, while Creflo Dollar drives an expensive sports car.

Context: Facebook posts


Phil Gingrey says Tax increases could come into play as a result of the debt ceiling deal.

Context: a press release


Barack Obama says My judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than those of my Republican predecessor.

Context: remarks in the White House Rose Garden


Michele Bachmann says President Barack Obama said that if he doesnt turn the economy around after three years in office, hell be a one-term president.

Context: several speeches and interviews


Callista Gingrich says President Barack Obama has weakened the respect for America abroad.

Context: a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa


John Mccain says "The fact is it's not amnesty."

Context: a debate in Manchester, N.H.


Barack Obama says "The average American family" saw income rise $7,500 under Bill Clinton and decline $2,000 under George Bush.

Context: Denver


Don Lemon says I was able to go and buy an automatic weapon Most people can go out and buy an automatic weapon.

Context: a live broadcast on CNN


John Kasich says After my first year as governor, I was one of the most unpopular governors, maybe the most unpopular governor in the country. ... It changed.

Context: comments on "Face the Nation"


David Axelrod says When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.

Context: a CNN interview


Marco Rubio says People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined.

Context: a web video


Chris Christie says The Democrats plan to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent.

Context: the fourth GOP undercard debate.


Jim Demint says A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith.

Context: a broadcast of "Vocal Point"


Scott Walker says many public-employee unions falsely told their Wisconsin members his budget-repair bill sought 12 percent to 13 percent of their incomes for health insurance premiums.

Context: a television interview


Nan Rich says $3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers.

Context: a speech


Donald Trump says Hillary Clintons energy agenda will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion

Context: a speech in Roanoke, Va.


Thom Hartmann says Republican state lawmakers are refusing to give the people of their own states their own tax dollars back in the form of (expanded) Medicaid.

Context: a broadcast of "The Big Picture"


Ken Cuccinelli says the D.C.citycouncilpasseda lawbanninglethalrat trapping.

Context: an interview.


Pat Mccrory says Roy Cooper wont say how he will pay for free college tuition.

Context: a post on his Facebook page


Mike Dewine says Fran DeWines made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

Context: a news release


Common Sense Kids Action says California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state.

Context: a press release


Jim Demint says The Obama-GOP compromise raises taxes, it raises the death tax.

Context: a radio interview


Ann Coulter says Husbands rarely beat up their wives. Single women get beaten up more.

Context: an interview on Sean Hannity's show on the Fox News Channel


Emilys List says Jeb Bush once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all.

Context: a column on Medium


Steven Frias says The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the Newport Bridge were paid off through tolls. Once the bonds were paid, the Newport Bridge was to be transferred to the State of Rhode Island and become toll-free.

Context: a Providence Journal commentary


John Boehner says Over the last two years since President Obama has taken office, the federal government has added 200,000 new federal jobs.

Context: a press conference


Israel Oquinn says On unemployment rates: We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent.

Context: a speech.


Reince Priebus says Hillary Clinton took money from kings of Saudi Arabia and Morocco and Oman and Yemen.

Context: an interview


Chuck Fleischmann says that President Obama said that Small Businesses Succeed Because of Government.

Context: in a blog post on his campaign website.


Mitt Romney says "The Republican governor who stood up and cut spending instead of raising taxes."

Context: a television ad.


Barack Obama says Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership weve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking.

Context: at the White House


Scott Walker says Kohls Department Stores in 2012 announced the creation of 3,000 new jobs.

Context: a speech


State Democratic Party Wisconsin says Ron Johnson supported a plan to cut benefits and raise the retirement age for Social Security.

Context: a radio ad


John Mccain says "Mitt Romney says the next president doesn't need foreign policy experience."

Context: a Web ad


Debbie Wasserman Schultz says The GOP health care plan "would allow health insurance companies to continue engaging in unfair and discriminatory practices like denying coverage to people because of a pre-existing medical condition."

Context: a press release


Tom Leppert says we brought crime rate down by 30 percent when he was mayor of Dallas.

Context: a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation


Rick Scott says Floridas pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as Social Security.

Context: comments to employees at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.


Dave Brat says In K-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world -- at the bottom.

Context: a debate


Raymond Lesniak says New Jerseys $1 billion horse racing industry employs 13,000 individuals and ensures the preservation of 176,000 acres of horse farmland.

Context: an opinion article


Darrell Issa says Royalties foroil and other energy sources are the "second-largest revenue source to the federal government after the IRS."

Context: an interview with Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC


Facebook Posts says The No. 2 owner of Fox News is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who said, A strong American Government is not good for us.

Context: a Facebook post


Us Chamber Commerce says the Congressional Budget Office said unemployment could top 9 percent in 2013

Context: a video ad


Dennis Kucinich says "When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs."

Context: a debate in Miami, Fla.


Hillary Clinton says Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill.

Context: the first Democratic debate


Donna Brazile says Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. spent $1.3 trillion on tax cuts for the wealthy and trillions each on a war and on Medicare drug benefits.

Context: CNN's State of the Union with John King


Viral Image says Bernie Sanders once said, Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs.

Context: a graphic circulating on the Internet


Marco Rubio says I have never supported cap and trade.

Context: a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News


Roger Williams says The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concluded ObamaCare will cost the U.S. more than 800,000 jobs.

Context: a campaign mailer.


Hillary Clinton says There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."

Context: a speech at a Democratic Party dinner


John Mccain says 30,000 Arizonans may have no choice on Affordable Care Act coverage.

Context: a campaign advertisement


Marcia Fudge says There are corporations in this nation, some of the biggest corporations in this nation, who do not pay taxes.

Context: an interview on C-SPAN


American Natural Gas Alliance says The United States has a supply of "more than 100 years of natural gas."

Context: a television ad


Democratic Party Virginia says Virginia House Republicans are sacrificing $5 million a day in U.S. funds by refusing to expand Medicaid.

Context: a tweet.


Gwen Moore says I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district in the nation.

Context: an interview with a weekly newspaper


Mitt Romney says The federal health care law tells the American people precisely what type of coverage they have to have.

Context: comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday"


Mike Foley says Ohios lost more jobs in March than any other state in the nation.

Context: news release


Marco Rubio says Patrick Murphy wrongly conveyed Rubios stance on abortion for women infected by Zika.

Context: a Spanish-language campaign ad


Rand Paul says Income inequality seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats.

Context: a Republican presidential debate


Rush Limbaugh says A recent drop in the unemployment rate is questionable because it was calculated over two days of the Thanksgiving week.

Context: his radio show


Barack Obama says The states that have raised the minimum wage (this year) have had faster job growth than the states that havent raised the minimum wage.

Context: a speech in Princeton, Ind.


Mitt Romney says In his first TV interview as president, Obama said we should talk to Iran.

Context: remarks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa


Marco Rubio says "I have never voted for a tax increase."

Context: his campaign Web site


Paul Broun says U.S. Reps. Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston have even changed votes to what I voted, multiple times.

Context: an interview


Chain Email says Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama want to raise taxes on dividends, a move that would crash the stock market.

Context: a chain e-mail


Ron Ramsey says (Environmentalists) said Were only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet. ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet.

Context: rally for coal miners


Alan Hays says Proof of citizenship isnt necessary before you register to vote in Florida.

Context: a Senate committee meeting


Chris Dorworth says Florida is one of a few or perhaps the only state that has a statewide review of local land use and zoning decisions.

Context: comments on the House floor.


Mike White says that with President Obamas re-election, state and federal income tax rates for some taxpayers will rise to roughly 65 percent.

Context: an email to employees


Hillary Clinton says "My husband has not withheld a single document."

Context: Clinton, Iowa


Chain Email says Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border? Seizure was just five days ago. Right on the Arizona border!

Context: an email


Portland Public Schools says Say Portland Public Schools central administration makes up less than 4 percent of the staff.

Context: a guest column


Democratic National Committee says Mitt Romney has changed his position on supporting the TARP program.

Context: a Web ad


Tom Cotton says If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.

Context: a letter to Iranian leaders


Scott Walker says The St. Norbert College/Wisconsin Public Radio poll has been wrong in almost every election.

Context: a television interview


Connie Mack says President Obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt.

Context: an op-ed in 'The Hill'


Al Gore says electric utilities are trying to fool you into amending your state Constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering.

Context: a campaign speech


Scott Walker says Wisconsins Government Accountability Board wanted to consider Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler as valid signatures on recall petitions.

Context: a tweet


Dana Bash says Theres just one piece of legislation that is now law with Sen. Ted Cruzsname on it.

Context: comments on CNN's "State of the Union"


Eric Kearney says An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum.

Context: a speech in the Ohio Senate


John Mccain says "They (Clinton and Obama) have never to my knowledge been involved in legislation nor hearings nor engagement on this issue (climate change)."

Context: North Bend, Wash.


Heritage Foundation says FACT: Repealing Obamacare would be easier than repealing Prohibition.

Context: a tweet


Mitt Romney says The majority of Americans now doubt that our children will have a better future.

Context: a convention speech


Barack Obama says McCain "said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars."

Context: a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Denver


Jd Alexander says The Constitution doesnt allow the governor to not-spend appropriations funds.

Context: reaction to Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to kill the high-speed rail project.


Lamar Smith says One third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants.

Context: remarks to the Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention


Luis Gutierrez says under the Senate immigration bill, newly legalized immigrants will pay every tax possible, but you dont get a single benefit for 10 years.

Context: an interview with CNN


Truth Accounting says Each Georgia taxpayer would have to send $5,000 to the treasury to cover the states debt.

Context: a recent report


Rick Perry says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done in the private sector, it would be called criminal.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.


Jeb Bush says A record number of Hispanics were elected to the U.S House of Representatives...

Context: an opinion article in the 'Miami Herald'


Elizabeth Roberts says Theyve seen employer-supported coverage increase in Massachusetts after this law (Romneycare) was implemented.

Context: a TV interview


Stacy White says its not true that Florida black bears are an apex predator.

Context: a Hillsborough County Commission meeting


Wisconsin Association Justice says A state bill would end a longstanding requirement that local governments repair highways and sidewalks -- and block injured citizens from suing over neglected maintenance.

Context: a news release


Paul Ryan says Miller Brewing is not a U.S. company any more. Neither is Anheuser-Busch.

Context: a speech


Hillary Clinton says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and hoped it would be the gold standard.

Context: the first Democratic debate


Chain Email says An Iowa policy "provides for a state round up of Iowa citizens who might be exposed to the swine flu virus."

Context: a chain e-mail


Sean Hannity says U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson voted with the Democrats in Congress nearly 95 percent of the time.

Context: a TV interview with U.S. Connie Mack


Portland Public Schools says proposed teacher contract would layer on more restrictive rules.

Context: an opinion piece.


Ken Plum says Weve got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, youre less likely to be on public dole, youre less likely to be in prison.


Facebook Posts says Richard Hayne, president and CEO of Urban Outfitters (is) a supporter of Rick Santorum and donated over $13,000 to him.

Context: a post on Facebook


Jim Cooper says Congress as a whole is less popular than its been since polling was invented.

Context: an op-ed published in The Hill.


Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia.

Context: a foreign policy speech


Mary Burke says Scott Walker gave $6 million in tax breaks to a corporation and told them that they can keep that money even if they lay off half their workforce.

Context: a speech


Arianna Huffington says Halliburton defrauded American taxpayers of hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraq.

Context: an interview on "This Week."


Charles Van Zant says Abortionists have reduced our black population by more than 25 percent since 1973.

Context: House floor debate on HB 845


Xavier Becerra says Weve had 11,000 attempts to amend the Constitution since 1789.

Context: a press conference


National Republican Senatorial Committee says Democrat Russ Feingold announced his Wisconsin Senate run today fromCalifornia.

Context: a tweet


Victoria Cobb says Inspections of abortion centers around Virginia have found multiple violations of parental consent laws but Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his administration have done nothing.

Context: a speech.


Afscme says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walkers bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.

Context: a web site posting


Rick Perry says some in Congress are trying to create a separate government for those with a drop of Native Hawaiian blood.

Context: a book


John Kerry says he opposed the presidents decision to go into Iraq in 2003.

Context: an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”


Barbara Cargill says The Federal Reserve system has presided over about a 95... percent decline in the U.S. dollar.

Context: a State Board of Education meeting


Janet Napolitano says Numbers on illegal immigrants "are down in terms of apprehensions, which indicates fewer illegal crossings, but also up in terms of actual enforcement actions."

Context: an interview on ABC's 'This Week'


Chris Larson says Gov. Scott Walker hasnt done a public event this entire year.

Context: an interview


John Mccain says Obama "wants a windfall profits tax on oil to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas."

Context: a speech on energy in Houston


Rick Perry says If you will go look up the definition of act of God, weve used it in legal terms for a long time in this state.

Context: remarks to Texas reporters


Peter Defazio says Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.

Context: an interview on MSNBC


Barry Hinckley says President Obama gave Egypts Muslim Brotherhood one and a half billion dollars.

Context: an interview on State of the State


Club Growth says Donald Trump promised to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the governments going to pay for it.

Context: a political ad


Donald Trump says professional football coach Rex Ryan won championships in New York.The AFC, I think, twice.

Context: in a speech


Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton wants sanctuary cities.

Context: a speech at the Republican convention


Jane Kidd says "Health reform eliminates co-pays, deductibles, and other costs for preventative care and provides for free annual wellness checkups starting next year."

Context: an op-ed.


Greg Abbott says according to the FBI, more people are killed each year with hammers and clubs than rifles.

Context: a tweet


Charlie Crist says Rick Scott cut education by $1.3 billion in his first year, then in his second year he decreases funding by $300 million to our state universities.

Context: an interview on MSNBC


Ted Strickland says Trade deals are negotiated in secret and, unlike corporate interests,politicians never invite the leaders of the AFL-CIO or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings.

Context: a campaign stop at Steelworkers 1104 in Lorain, Ohio


Marco Rubio says Regarding the USA Freedom Act, There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas


Jan Brewer says Our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded.

Context: a TV interview


Tom Ganley says he took down the mob in Northeast Ohio

Context: an appearance at The Plain Dealer


Rob Astorino says The state of New York is the worst in the nation in economic recovery.

Context: an interview on "Fox & Friends"


Scott Walker says he invested over $100 million in worker training.

Context: a TV ad


Concerned Veterans America says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, skipped an important VA reform hearing to attend three fundraisers.

Context: a television ad


Donald Trump says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack was coming. So they did have advanced notice.

Context: an interview on CNN's "New Day"


National Rifle Association says Hillary Clinton doesnt believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense.


New Hampshire Democratic Party says Jennifer Horn, chairwoman of the N.H. Republican Party, owes $92,000 in back taxes.

Context: a written statement


Ari Melber says The median net worth of American households hasnt changed much over the past decades, its about $20,000 ... but Congress average median net worth has ballooned, more than doubled.

Context: a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Cycle"


Jonathan Stickland says Scott Fisher tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare.

Context: a TV ad


Bernie S says Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world.

Context: comments on ABC's "This Week"


Nancy Pelosi says In April 2009 the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent.

Context: an interview with Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show"


Howard Dean says Barack Obamas health care bill is nothing new. Mitt Romney signed one just like it four years before.

Context: a KLRU interview


Jimmy Flannigan says that hes responsible for Austinincluding Anderson Mill Road in the citys proposed transportation bond package.

Context: an Austin Monitor interview that day plus forums later


Ron Paul says the Department of Defense changed its definitions of al-Qaeda and the Taliban making it so almost anybody can be loosely associated with the groups.

Context: the CNN Republican presidential debate.


Peter Defazio says Art Robinson says Social Security should be ended through attrition.


Janet Freedman says Tide gauges measuring sea level in Rhode Island since 1930 have risen maybe about 10 inches since that time.

Context: an interview on 10 News Conference


Viral Image says Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.

Context: posts on the Internet


Alan Grayson says $360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban.

Context: an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars


John Mccain says On whether he supports 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'

Context: comments at a congressional hearing.


Elisabeth Hasselbeck says A Census Bureau worker says he was told to skew information to bring the unemployment rate down as we headed into an election season.

Context: comments on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends"


Donald Trump says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out two and three and four times higher than anybody else.

Context: comments on "State of the Union"


Susan Shapiro says The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S.

Context: a newspaper commentary


John Kasich says When I started in Ohio it was terrible. Now, were getting bipartisan support for our bills. And thats called leadership.

Context: an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."


Joseph Cryan says Gov. Chris Christies decision to close the Elizabeth MVC saved no money.

Context: a press release


Steve Lonegan says Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients.

Context: an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website


John Mccain says As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as $220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm and $5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail.

Context: a political ad


Nick Fish says cities save an estimated $38 in dental costs for every $1 invested in fluoridation.

Context: a statement.


Obama Girl says "At least Obama didn't marry his cousin," as Giuliani did.

Context: a YouTube video.


Barack Obama says Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help.

Context: an interview


John Kasich says President Obama came to Ohio 12 times to try to defeat me and guess what? He didnt win.

Context: a CNN interview


Charlie Hales says On suspending system development charges for two years.

Context: a newspaper article


Eric Bolling says Of all the jobs President Obama claims to have created since he started, only 38.5 percent are women. So 61.5 percent have gone to men.

Context: a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"


Rick Santorum says If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do.

Context: a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.


United Care says Amendment 2 on medical marijuana won a higher percentage of the vote than the last six Florida governors, including Jeb Bushs 2002 landslide.

Context: a tweet


Nick Tsiongas says Health care is the greatest contribution to spending increases in the state budget.

Context: newspaper commentary


Barry Hinckley says The Buffett rule raises virtually no money, maybe a day and a half of our borrowing per year.

Context: a campaign event.


Stephen Kretzmann says Georgias U.S. senators voted for legislation that would gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence.

Context: a website


Rick Perry says Romneycare was model for Obamacare.

Context: a tweet.


Brendan Doherty says The Providence Economic Development Partnership . . .which you [Cicilline] chaired, loaned $103,000 in taxpayer funds to one of your campaign workers. The worker never paid back the loan.

Context: in a news conference


Ann Coulter says No doctors who went to an American medical school will be accepting Obamacare.

Context: a column


Donna Seidel says The $290 million structural surplus in the 2011-13 Wisconsin budget is not real because it is based on the assumption that Congress will reinstate the estate tax.

Context: an interview


David Dewhurst says Dan Patrick changed his name from Danny Goeb to hide from his debts.

Context: a video ad


Roberto Dasilva says Were paying out-of-state residential facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more, to house children in state custody

Context: a news release


Ralph Mollis says The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools.

Context: a TV debate


Terry Mcauliffe says Before April 22, we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms.

Context: a speech.


Steve King says The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create special protection for pedophiles.

Context: a Fox News interview


Citizens Strong America says Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg put an 80-year-old farmer in jail for refusing to plant native vegetation on his farm.

Context: a TV ad


Eddie Bernice Johnson says In 1935, more than 50% of the elderly population lived in poverty. Today that poverty rate stands officially at 9.4%.

Context: a speech on the House floor.


Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Superdelegates have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since theyve been in place since 1984.

Context: an interview on Fox Business News


David Dewhurst says the Republican state convention is actually larger than the Republican National Convention.

Context: a campaign video


Democratic Party Virginia says In his book, (Ken) Cuccinelli questions whether Medicare and Social Security should exist.

Context: a TV ad.


Jon Huntsman says There are 500 million Internet users and 80 million bloggers who are driving discussions in China. So youve got a lot of people voicing frustration and discontent.

Context: a campaign appearance in Milford, N.H.


Anita Perry says My son had to resign his job because of federal regulations that Washington has put on us.

Context: a campaign stop.


Mike Enzi says The Senate health care bill "would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage."

Context: a press release


Allen West says More Americans receive food aid than work in (the) private sector.

Context: a tweet


Rick Saccone says Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half.

Context: floor remarks during a House session


Chuck Norris says Some of our states educational administrators joined the feds in seeking to mandate Arabic classes for Texas children.

Context: an opinion column


Hector Uribe says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him.

Context: a press release


Athens Banner Herald says Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the states population grew.

Context: a news report


Nicholas Gorham says The General Assembly has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us.

Context: a newspaper commentary


Newt Gingrich says Inside the stimulus package is anti-Christian legislation that will stop churches from using public schools for meeting on Sundays, as well as Boy Scouts and student Bible study groups.

Context: an e-mail


Fred Clark says A Wisconsin bill to limit use of food stamps for junk food would also prevent -- or limit -- the extent to which food stamps could be used for organic foods.

Context: a legislative meeting


Donald Trump says Were losing thousands of (veterans) waiting on line because they cant get speedy health care from the Veterans Administration.

Context: a news conference


Moveon says The newly proposed House Republican budget abolishes Medicare within 10 years.

Context: an email blast to supporters


Adam Hasner says George LeMieux falsely attacked Marco Rubio.

Context: an Internet ad


Luis Gutierrez says There are fewer people crossing (the southwest) border than in the last 30 years.

Context: an interview on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor"


Republican Party Florida says Health insurance costs for Floridians are up 30 percent or more.

Context: a TV ad


Texas Liberty Pac says Lamar Smith sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare.

Context: a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin


Paul Ryan says On responding to chemical weapon use in Syria

Context: a press release


Loretta Lynch says The LGBT community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group.

Context: an interview on "Fox News Sunday"


Republican National Committee Republican says "Obama has maintained a friendship with a now convicted felon."

Context: a news release


Barack Obama says Mitt Romneys carried interest income was a tax trick.

Context: a campaign ad


Pete Koekstra says Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased.

Context: a website linked to a campaign ad


Bill Haslam says In 2011, there were more than 28,000 new Tennessee jobs created and over $4 billion in capital investment. Our Jobs4TN plan is working.

Context: his State of the State address.


Randy Forbes says Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt.

Context: a press release.


George Allen says Sen. Jim Webb persists on negating Sen. Mark Warners votes

Context: a news release.


John Robitaille says Rhode Island has a very generous unemployment compensation rate compared to most other states.

Context: an interview on WHJJ's Helen Glover Show


Hillary Clinton says she called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight early on in the financial crisis.

Context: remarks in Manhattan


Mario Diaz Balart says There is a constitutional issue that affects the paychecks of members of Congress during a shutdown.

Context: an interview on CNN


Ed Turanchik says No one in the private sector gets unlimited accruals of vacation and sick leave.

Context: an interview with 'Creative Loafing'


Let Freedom Ring says Obama has flip-flopped on public campaign financing.

Context: a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.


Allen West says Back door gun control is in full effect in the United States due to Obamas Environmental Protection Agency.

Context: a blog on his website


Martha Raddatz says The Obama administration originally wanted 10,000 troops to remain in Iraq -- not combat troops, but military advisers, special operations forces, to watch the counterterrorism effort.

Context: comments on ABC's "This Week"


Donald Trump says ICE just endorsed me.

Context: the second presidential debate


Raul Labrador says Tax increases under Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm led to state unemployment going from 6.8 percent to 15.3 percent.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Steve King says Ronald Reagans signature on the 1986 amnesty act gave Barack Obama about 15 million additional Hispanic votes in 2012.

Context: a House floor speech


Michael Roberson says Nevada lawmakers permanently cut taxes for over 95 percent of Nevadas businesses.

Context: in a candidate forum on March 3, 2016


David Axelrod says Texas U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions said the GOPs goal is to go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this president took office... policies that crashed the economy.

Context: an interview


Keep Promise 1 Pac says Donald Trump said the government is going to pay for everybody to have health care.

Context: an attack ad


Chain Email says 11 states have more people on welfare than employed.

Context: an email sent to PolitiFact Texas


Facebook Posts says former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that if the workers are more insecure, thats very healthy for the society because theyll serve the masters gladly and passively.

Context: a meme on social media


Charlie Crist says On the economic stimulus.

Context: in an interview on CNN


Darryl Glenn says Neighborhoods have become more violentunder President Barack Obamas watch.

Context: a speech at the Republican convention


Dana Loesch says Obama admin gutted @ProjChildSafe budget to provide trigger locks and safety kits.

Context: a tweet


Hillary Clinton says Barack Obama's health care plan "would leave 15-million Americans out."

Context: Las Vegas, Nev.


Barack Obama says Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record.

Context: a speech in Orlando


Blog Posting says Say Ohio Reps. Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress.

Context: web pages


Joe Biden says Were not engaged in nation-building in Afghanistan.

Context: an interview on ABC's This Week


Dennis Kucinich says the Defense Department shrink-wrapped $10.8 billion in American money, loaded it on 175 pallets and put it on a transport plane to Iraq where they passed out $100 bills and no one has any receipts.

Context: a FoxNews interview


Jim Sullivan says he stood up to his own party by voting against the budget to stop runaway government spending.

Context: campaign literature distributed to district residents


Nia Malika Henderson says Democrats very much are in the pocket of the NRA.

Context: comments on MSNBC


Grady Judd says Floridas proposed amendment for medical marijuana would allow people who alleged minor ailments such as muscle spasms, neck pain, back pain and even menstrual cramps (to qualify) for government-sanctioned pot-smoking.

Context: a "Sun-Sentinel" editorial


George Will says Some doctors say Ebola can be transmitted through the air by a sneeze or some cough.

Context: comments on "Fox News Sunday"


Timothy Dolan says We, the bishops of the United States -- can you believe it -- in 1919 came out for more affordable, more comprehensive, more universal health care.

Context: an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"


Mitt Romney says On support for Ronald Reagans policies

Context: comments during his campaigns


Bill Oreilly says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garlandvoted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens.

Context: an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor"


Louie Gohmert says Forty years ago, hardly anybody in the country had health insurance.

Context: an interview on Fox News


Ted Olson says Supreme Court 15 times over the last 120 years has said marriage is a fundamental right and never said it had to be between a man and a woman.

Context: an interview on "Fox News Sunday"


National Republican Congressional Committee says Alex Sink supported more taxes on water and TV.

Context: a campaign commercial


Donald Trump says Im self-funding my own campaign.

Context: a campaign rally in Iowa


Rand Paul says For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage.

Context: a newsletter


Mitt Romney says More Americans have lost their jobs under Barack Obama than any president in modern history.

Context: a tweet


Lou Greenwald says the money is in the budget to give a tax break to everyone, including people making more than $1 million.

Context: an interview on 6abc’s “Inside Story”


Cory Booker says 2012 was the first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority.

Context: an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime"


Scott Walker says On the status of illegal immigrants

Context: an interview


Janet Howell says Its going to be harder to vote in Virginia than it is now to buy a gun...

Context: a TV interview.


Battleground Texas says Dan Patrick has called immigration into Texas an invasion and said immigrants coming into Texas bring third-world diseases.

Context: an interview on Bloomberg TV


Sharron Angle says Harry Reid voted to use taxpayer dollars to pay for Viagra for convicted child molesters and sex offenders.

Context: a campaign commercial


Mark Warner says The average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the 60s was eight years. Now, the average time is four months.

Context: a radio interview.


John Kasich says Since 1904, the Ohio victor has won the presidency 25 out of 27 times

Context: a statement posted to his website


James Langevin says Under Obamacare, members of Congress are required to purchase their health insurance from the new exchanges.

Context: an interview on WPRO-AM


John Cornyn says 25% of human trafficking victims are located in Texas.

Context: an online commentary


Paul Broun says While fat-cat bureaucrats at the Department of Education are getting paid an average salary of $102,000 a year, teachers in Georgia are getting paid half of that.

Context: a press release


Joseph Kyrillos says Chris Christie was behind in the polls against Jon Corzine during the 2009 governors race.

Context: an interview on NJToday


Michael Caputo says Donald Trump spent the least amount of money of any of the competitive primary contenders that he beat so badly.

Context: an interview on Capital Tonight, Time Warner Cable News.


Kathy Miller says "A Houston school district analysis found that the (State Board of Education) more than quadrupled the number of historical figures students must learn about."

Context: an op-ed article


Pam Stewart says Floridas high school graduation rates continue to increase at the fastest rate in the nation, with Florida leading the nation in the rate of Hispanic graduates.

Context: a letter to the editor in the "Miami Herald"


Bob Mcdonnell says his plan to raise car registration to $56 would still leave Virginia with a fee thats equal to or lower than most states.

Context: a news conference.


Rick Perry says We spend half a trillion dollars a year in tax preparation.

Context: a speech in Manchester, N.H.


Jim Renacci says For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . .

Context: an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM


Jesse Ventura says Theres 21 congressmen and senators that have been convicted of felonies that still get their retirement, even in jail. They dont have to wait until theyre 65.

Context: an interview on MyCentralJersey.com


Paul Begala says Mitt Romney said at a January 2012 debate that under Paul Ryans tax plan, Id have paid no taxes in the last two years.

Context: a Twitter post.


Steny Hoyer says "House Republicans pledged to introduce a bill to reform Americas health care system," but "the 'party of no' has . . . failed to produce legislation."

Context: a news release


Rick Santorum says Polls show Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to Obamacare, especially the individual mandate.

Context: an op-ed in "U.S. News & World Report"


Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus says The House of Delegates budget bill cuts $50 million from education.

Context: a press release.


Rick Perry says In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools.

Context: remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire


Ward Armstrong says A telecom bill could keep the State Corporation Commission from getting rate-of-return information from electric utilities.

Context: a House floor speech.


Rees Lloyd says Portland Public Schools invites well-paid, well-fed school bureaucrats, administrators, teachers, other staff, non-needy students, affluent parents of students, and other adults, including on the other extreme the adult homeless, illegal aliens, fanatical Muslim terrorists, or drug addicted street people, to enjoy cheap breakfasts in taxpayer-paid school facilities amidst school children.

Context: a website posting


Barack Obama says "McCain lobbied for (a) $10-million pork project honoring conservative justice."

Context: a campaign e-mail to reporters


Nathan Deal says We have been confronted with an unexpected storm that has hit the metropolitan area.

Context: an interview


Ben Carson says Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee.

Context: a Republican presidential debate


Nancy Pelosi says The health care bill will "create 4 million jobs, 400,000 jobs almost immediately."

Context: a statement at the health care summit


National Association Gun Rights says U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell wants gun owners in a federal registration system.

Context: a TV ad.


Gary Chiusano says pension contributions under Gov. Chris Christie would represent 75 percent of the total contribution made between the years 1995 and 2010. Thats right, in 15 years, total state contribution was only $2.1 billion.

Context: an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”


Chris Christie says The water quality in the ocean is perfect. Its been tested up and down every ocean shore in New Jersey.

Context: a press conference at Point Pleasant Beach


Newt Gingrich says I balanced the budget for four straight years, paid off $405 billion in debt.

Context: a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa


Josh Mandel says Sherrod Brown was just voted two years in a row the most liberal senator in the United States of America and is more liberal than Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Context: a radio interview


Wendy Davis says Greg Abbott did nothing to pursue reports of the sexual abuse of boys at a West Texas state-run school.

Context: a TV ad


Jennifer Horn says The governor must inform the Senate president about his or her absence from the state.

Context: in a press release


Preston Smith says We have my opponent Sam Olens to thank for [the Arizona immigration ruling] since he was on the team that got Clinton elected.

Context: a news release


Ralph Nader says A majority of Americans since Harry Truman days support single-payer health insurance, or full Medicare for all.

Context: a radio interview


Right Rise says Ohio Gov. John Kasich had the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat.

Context: a TV ad


Hillary Clinton says The Benghazi probe is the longest-running congressional investigation ever.

Context: a campaign Tweet


Charlie Crist says Jeb Bush extended early voting after seeing long lines.

Context: a TV interview


Rick Perry says President Barack Obama thinks Americans are lazy.

Context: a television ad


Tom Barrett says Gov. Scott Walker has caused Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the country.

Context: a tweet


Protect American Jobs says A measure to repeal the states prevailing wage law would make it easier for state contractors to hire illegal workers for Wisconsin construction jobs through an illegal worker loophole in the state budget.

Context: a television ad


Michael Julian Bond says Almost 400 arrests in the city last year for panhandling-related offenses involved just 78 suspects, an indication that the same people are panhandling over and over.

Context: Atlanta City Council meeting


John Kitzhaber says more than 2 million Oregonians have received important medical services because of his health plan.

Context: a radio interview


Jason Isaac says Pending a federal waiver, the 2013 Legislature eliminated the overtesting of students in grades 3-8 by decreasing the number of tests from 17 to 8.

Context: a published commentary


John Kasich says We have asked public employees to pay 10 percent of the costs of their guaranteed pension and 15 percent of the cost of their health care. ... The leadership of those public employees unions dont want to pay anything.

Context: a television interview


Jimmy Carter says (T)he United States government and its Constitution says that people can be put to death.

Context: an interview


Barack Obama says Obama spokesman Bill Burton says Clinton gave Bush "a blank check on a critical foreign policy issue."


Jeb Bush says A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited.

Context: a town hall in Carson City, Nevada


Eric Greitens says We had the Democratic Governors Association and the Obama political machine come into a Republican primary to try and rig the election by spending $1 million against me in the last couple of days.

Context: an interview on Fox & Friends


Paul Broun says Stimulus money funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost 378,000 jobs and $28.3 billion in sales.

Context: a tweet


Nick Ciparro says In the last 10 years, only one piece of legislation has been cosponsored and passed by John Duncan Jr.

Context: Posted by Ciparro's website


Sam Olens says There are cities and counties in Georgia that dont have websites, and where elected officials dont have email addresses.

Context: a talk at the Atlanta Press Club


Marco Rubio says I never was in favor of shutting down the government. (I) voted to fund the government fully.

Context: an interview on "Fox News Sunday"


Progress Texas says The Confederate battle flag never flew over Texas, but... you might soon see it on our license plates.

Context: an opinion column.


Joe Negron says PETA is using this really fancy drone to follow hunters around in some places in other countries.

Context: a gaggle of reporters


Rebecca Kleefisch says United States students are achieving at number 25 out of 29 developing countries when it comes to science and math.

Context: a news conference


Barack Obama says Mitt Romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest.

Context: a TV ad


North Carolina Republican Party says North Carolina is home of the largest military installations in the world.

Context: a roll call at the Republican National Convention


Sean Spicer says In the last three years alone, 13 times, the Supreme Court, unanimously, 9-0, including all of the presidents liberal picks, have struck down the presidents executive orders.

Context: an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union"


Joe Biden says In Libya, America spent $2 billion total and didnt lose a single life.

Context: a talk at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, N.H.


Larry Pratt says 20 percent of the time (smart guns) wont work.

Context: an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes'


Don Beyer says If you look at the income of average Americans...theyre absolutely flat in constant dollars since 1979.

Context: a speech.


Dawson Hodgson says The Rhode Island Parole Board never received an objection from the attorney general to the parole of convicted murder Alfred Brissette.

Context: a TV interview


Bob Goodlatte says Its highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940.

Context: a TV interview.


Stephen Hayes says Guantanamo has never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda.

Context: on "Fox News Sunday"


Presente says Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist.

Context: a radio ad


Tim Kaine says George Allens flat tax plan would actually shrink revenues further thanthe Perry (flat tax) plan.

Context: a news release.


John Kasich says Right now, Texas doesnt have an income tax and Oklahomas lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high.

Context: a television interview


John Mccain says Sarah Palin "has had 12 years of elected office experience."

Context: Pittsburgh, Pa.


Jeff Tittel says DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-80s.

Context: an op-ed column on NJ.com


Bernie S says There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you cant drink the water.

Context: a news conference


Patrick Kennedy says The largest number of bankruptcies in our country are really as a result of health care.

Context: a radio interview


Donald Trump says Marco Rubio has the No. 1absentee record in the United States Senate.

Context: a GOP debate hosted by Fox


Rush Limbaugh says If your plan is the result of collective bargaining, no subsequent changes by anybody -- insurance companies, Obamacare -- can force your grandfathered policy to change.

Context: comments on his radio show


Oregon Transformation Project says Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.

Context: online post


David Clarke Jr says The man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was back on the street because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only served two years.

Context: an interview


Vincent Buddy Cianci says When I left office, there was a $7-million surplus in Providence, but in 2008, the city had a $110-million deficit.

Context: a TV commercial


Mitt Romney says More Hispanics have fallen into poverty under Obama.

Context: a Web ad


John Boehner says This year, the federal government will have more revenue than any year in the history of our country.

Context: an interview on ABC's "This Week"


Ginny Brown Waite says Any government-run 'public' plan ... creates an entitlement that will cost another $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

Context: a mailing


John Mccain says If you count United States airstrikes against ISIS, 75 percent of those combat missions return to base without having fired a weapon.

Context: an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"


Carly Fiorina says President Barack Obama is not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House.

Context: a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe"


Senate Majority Pac says that as a U.S. senator, Scott Brown delivered for Wall Street, saving big banks $19 billion in taxes.

Context: a campaign ad


Steve Southerland says The fact is, over 2.4 million jobs have been lost since the Stimulus bill was signed into law in February of 2009.

Context: in direct mail


Scott Walker says The rate in which people are working (in Wisconsin) is almost five points higher than it is nationally.

Context: a debate