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Eric Cantor
stated on April 22, 2014 in a TV ad.:

Dave Brat "worked on Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine’s Council of Economic Advisors while Kaine tried to raise our taxes by over $1 billion."

By Nancy Madsen • April 28, 2014
Eric Cantor
stated on November 14, 2011 in a news conference.:

The U.S. economy "is three times as big as China's."

By Sean Gorman • December 5, 2011
Eric Cantor
stated on August 1, 2011 in a message on Twitter:

"There are no tax increases in this debt limit bill. Period."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 2, 2011
Eric Cantor
stated on May 20, 2011 in a press conference:

Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."

By Eric Stirgus • May 27, 2011