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Vern Buchanan has represented Florida's 13th Congressional District since 2007.

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Vern Buchanan
stated on March 1, 2011 in a mailer:

Says the Obama administration "will no longer enforce the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)."

By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2012
Vern Buchanan
stated on June 13, 2011 in in a news release:

Vern Buchanan "has been completely exonerated" in a Federal Election Commission action.

By Becky Bowers • June 24, 2011
Vern Buchanan
stated on December 2, 2010 in a web video.:

"In Florida, illegal immigration costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion (a year). This amounts to $700 for every household in Florida."

By Aaron Sharockman • December 6, 2010
Vern Buchanan
stated on June 24, 2010 in a tweet:

The national debt "has gone up by $1,729,000,000 during the Isner v. Mahut match."

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2010
Vern Buchanan
stated on April 27, 2010 in in a web video.:

"In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2010

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 13, 2011 in in a radio ad:

"Vern Buchanan. His old business was caught illegally funneling over $60,000 in campaign donations to Buchanan to influence his election."

By Becky Bowers • June 24, 2011

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