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Sarah Silverman stated on October 8, 2014 in a video for the National Women's Law Center:

"Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap," which amounts to "a $500,000 vagina tax" over her working career.

By Katie Sanders • October 10, 2014

Jeanne Shaheen stated on September 29, 2014 in a news release:

Says Scott Brown co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for mammograms.

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014

Facebook posts stated on July 16, 2014 in a meme on social media:

Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."

By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014

Scott Walker stated on April 16, 2014 in a radio interview:

"Graduation and third-grade reading scores are up in the state since I took office."

By Dave Umhoefer • June 8, 2014

Michael Solomon stated on April 3, 2014 in a news release:

"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014

Michael McCaul stated on April 6, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"When people enter the service, there’s not a mental health evaluation."

By Steve Contorno • April 6, 2014

Robert Gibbs stated on January 12, 2014 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We have been in Afghanistan longer now than we have been in any foreign land conducting a war in our nation’s history."

By Katie Sanders • January 12, 2014

Raul Torres stated on August 27, 2013 in a campaign video:

Says he would be first CPA to serve as Texas comptroller.

By Sue Owen • September 9, 2013

Sean Duffy stated on July 17, 2013 in an interview:

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "collecting financial information, monitoring financial information of millions of Americans" without their knowledge and "storing it for up to 10 years."

By Tom Kertscher • July 29, 2013

Rick Perry stated on July 1, 2013 in a radio interview.:

"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2013

Marcia Fudge stated on April 9, 2013 in a Facebook posting:

"Women in Ohio earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man."

By Sabrina Eaton • April 24, 2013

Mike Ryan stated on January 14, 2013 in a column in a political blog:

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."

By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2013

Marcia Fudge stated on January 1, 2013 in a news release:

The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."

By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013

Barack Obama stated on October 17, 2012 in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"There are millions of women all across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood for not just contraceptive care; they rely on it for mammograms."

By Louis Jacobson • October 30, 2012

Karen Handel stated on September 11, 2012 in a book:

"The truth is, Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms. Planned Parenthood refers women to mammography providers, serving as the middlewoman, if you will."

By Janel Davis • September 25, 2012

Ron Paul stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says Rick Santorum "funded Planned Parenthood."

By Molly Moorhead • March 1, 2012

David Dewhurst stated on December 13, 2011 in a post on his campaign website:

"Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 9, 2012

Herman Cain stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:

"Today, when people retire in Galveston County, Texas, they retire making at least 50 percent more than they would ever get out of Social Security."

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2011

Steve Southerland stated on August 24, 2011 in comments to Tallahassee residents:

"The health insurance plan that (members of Congress) have is no different than any other federal employee's in the United States government."

By Katie Sanders • August 30, 2011

Herman Cain stated on June 13, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:

Says an alternative to Social Security that operates in Galveston County, Texas, has meant that participants will "retire with a whole lot more money" than under Social Security.

By Louis Jacobson • June 17, 2011

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