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"Since President Obama took full control of Washington," every day, 13,000 more people "have been put on food stamps."
Says "Rick Santorum supported (Arlen) Specter over conservative candidates twice."
"Since President Obama took full control of Washington … every single day, more than 1,500 of our jobs have been lost."
"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
"Amniocentesis, does, in fact, result more often than not in this country in abortion."
After prenatal diagnosis, "90 percent of Down syndrome children in America are aborted."
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
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Oregon —
"We have 395 inmates pushed into triple-bunked cells intended for two inmates and bunked in classrooms and areas supposed to be designated for inmate labor."
— Ken Allen
Texas —
Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.
— Rick Perry- Florida —
Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support."
— George LeMieux
Tennessee —
Says that Rick Santorum "voted for the unions over FedEx."
— Newt Gingrich
Wisconsin —
"The national unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for a record 36 months."
— Reince Priebus
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