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Matt McCall
stated on February 11, 2016 in Press release:

"During three and a half years of campaigning," Lamar Smith "has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues."

By Filipa Ioannou • March 28, 2016
Texas Liberty PAC
stated on February 22, 2014 in a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin:

Says Lamar Smith "sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Lainey Melnick
stated on April 23, 2010 in an e-mail blast:

Says U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith supported the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in 2008, "but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 19, 2010