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Alan Grayson
stated on June 30, 2016 in an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board:

Says Patrick Murphy has "taken more money from Wall Street than any other member of Congress other than the speaker and the majority leader."

By Allison Graves • July 7, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on June 12, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett after the Orlando shooting:

The rifle used by Omar Mateen "shoots off 700 rounds in a minute."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 14, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview with CBS4:

Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."

By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 in a fundraising email:

Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.

By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate:

"There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."

By Joshua Gillin • May 3, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 in an Orlando debate:

Says LeBron James "stops paying his Social Security taxes at the beginning of the second quarter of the first game of the season."

By Joshua Gillin • April 28, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on April 5, 2016 in a Tampa Bay Times interview:

In every ethics case that has resulted in a formal sanction, "there's been an investigative subcommittee that's been established first."

By Joshua Gillin • April 13, 2016
Alan Grayson
stated on November 25, 2015 in an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News:

"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."

By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2015
Alan Grayson
stated on August 12, 2015 in a press release:

Says Patrick Murphy "hasn't passed a single bill out of committee."

By Joshua Gillin • August 18, 2015
Alan Grayson
stated on July 9, 2015 in an announcement video:

"In the past two years in Congress, I’ve written more bills, passed more amendments on the floor of the House and enacted more of my bills into law than any other member of the House."

By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2015
Alan Grayson
stated on April 16, 2015 in an interview with Democracy Now:

"I’m the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less than $200."

By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2015
Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 in a speech to the Florida Democratic Party:

"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."

By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013
Alan Grayson
stated on September 7, 2013 in an interview with the "Washington Post":

In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."

By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2013
Alan Grayson
stated on May 21, 2013 in a news release:

A bill to advance the Keystone XL Pipeline "is an earmark" under House rules.

By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2013
Alan Grayson
stated on November 24, 2012 in a Huffington Post column:

Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.

By Katie Sanders • December 6, 2012
Alan Grayson
stated on August 6, 2012 in a campaign mailer:

Says Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed the "Quiñones Plan" because it was "taxation without representation on a large scale."

By Katie Sanders • August 6, 2012
Alan Grayson
stated on October 7, 2011 in appearance on Bill Maher show on Oct. 7, 2011:

Says 24 million people in this country "can't find a full-time job," 50 million "can't see a doctor when they're sick," 47 million people need government help to feed themselves and 15 million families owe more than the value of their home.

By Katie Sanders • October 24, 2011
Alan Grayson
stated on October 10, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":

"According to Wikipedia, there are only five countries in the entire planet that are more unequal than the United States in the distribution of our wealth."

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2011
Alan Grayson
stated on September 1, 2011 in an e-mail to supporters about his opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars:

"$360 million of our tax dollars went straight to ... the Taliban."

By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2011
Alan Grayson
stated on March 8, 2011 in comments on MSNBC.:

Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s cuts to education are the same as his proposed corporate income tax rate reduction.

By Aaron Sharockman • March 9, 2011
Alan Grayson
stated on November 17, 2010 in a speech on the House floor.:

"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year in tax cuts."

By Aaron Sharockman • November 30, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."

By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."

By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 in a TV ad.:

"Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships."

By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 in a TV ad.:

Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.

By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 in a TV ad.:

Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.

By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on September 3, 2010 in a TV ad.:

Ed Schultz said Alan Grayson is "what it's all about."

By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.:

"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."

By Aaron Sharockman • August 31, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on August 18, 2010 in MSNBC's "The Ed Show.":

The United States is "50th in life expectancy" in the world.

By Lukas Pleva • August 25, 2010
Alan Grayson
stated on April 26, 2010 in an email:

The more than $800,000 raised by the Alan Grayson campaign last quarter was "#1 among all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives."

By Amy Sherman • April 29, 2010

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