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Ron Johnson stated on March 4, 2021 in in various forums:

On passing high-dollar legislation with no time to read it.

By Eric Litke • March 11, 2021

Richard Corcoran stated on May 12, 2017 in a tweet:

It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."

By Amy Sherman, Kristen M. Clark • May 17, 2017

Daily Caller stated on November 3, 2014 in an article:

"Jeanne Shaheen was principally involved in a plot with Lois Lerner and President Barack Obama’s political appointee at the IRS to lead a program of harassment against conservative nonprofit groups during the 2012 election"

By Jonathan Van Fleet • November 4, 2014

Jim Rubens stated on November 4, 2013 in an email:

"In Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire has a Senator who was the deciding vote to pass Obamacare."

By Jim Haddadin • November 19, 2013

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on May 3, 2023 in a Facebook post:

House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2023

Ohio Gun Owners stated on April 21, 2022 in an ad:

Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns."

By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2022

Rick Scott stated on November 8, 2021 in in a CNN interview:

"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021

Jeff Jackson stated on April 8, 2021 in a tweet:

On whether he supports the filibuster.

By Paul Specht • April 15, 2021

Jay Sekulow stated on January 22, 2020 in the Senate impeachment trial:

Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."

By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2020

Mike Pence stated on July 20, 2016 in the Republican national convention:

"It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, 'What difference at this point does it make?' "

By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2016

Leticia Van de Putte stated on October 15, 2014 in a video ad:

"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014

Mark Warner stated on September 29, 2014:

On opposing legislation that would take away existing health care plans.

By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • September 29, 2014

Rick Perry stated on August 8, 2014 in speech at Red State Gathering in Fort Worth:

Congress is "on a five-week vacation."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2014

Dolores Gresham stated on July 16, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:

"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.

By Richard Locker • August 12, 2012

George LeMieux stated on August 1, 2011 in a Web post Aug. 1, 2011:

Says Adam Hasner’s record includes "requesting over $92.2 million in earmarks."

By Becky Bowers • August 8, 2011

Lindsey Graham stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on ABC News' This Week :

Joe Biden "voted against the first Gulf War. He opposed the surge. He wanted to partition Iraq."

By Adriel Bettelheim • September 1, 2008

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