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<h1>None of Texas’ Members of Congress Support Trump’s Wall</h1>
<p>Number of citizens China&rsquo;s economic growth lifted from poverty between 1978 and 2014: 800&nbsp;million<span> <sup>1</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Number of Chinese citizens who die from air pollution each year: 1.6&nbsp;million <span><sup>2</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of Chinese citizens willing to trade a better economy for cleaner air: 50 <span><sup>3</sup></span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Percentage of Americans born in 1940 who earned more than their parents by age 30: 92 <span><sup>4</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Of those born in 1985: 50</p>&#13;
<p>Percentage increase in median income of male workers between 1940 and 1970: 141 <span><sup>5</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Of male workers between 1985 and 2015: 37</p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Number of New York City police officers in 2016: 35,800 <span><sup>6</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Number of officers wearing body cameras in 2016 after a federal judge ordered them to do so in 2013: 0</p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Percentage of food that goes uneaten in the U.S.: 40 <span><sup>7</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Monetary equivalent of a year&rsquo;s worth of wasted food: $165&nbsp;billion</p>&#13;
<p>Number of people who could be fed each year by reducing food waste by 15 percent: 25&nbsp;million</p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Average number of military veterans who died from suicide each day in 2014: 20 <span><sup>8</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of those veterans who used Department of Veterans Affairs services: 30</p>&#13;
<p>Percentage of veterans who reported getting care as soon as needed: 50 <span><sup>9</sup></span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Percentage increase of business tax rate imposed in December on Portland, Oregon, companies that paid their CEOs at least 100 times more than their average workers: 10 <span><sup>10</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Estimated amount of new annual revenue that surtax is expected to generate: $2.5&nbsp;million</p>&#13;
<p>Amount of tax revenue generated by recreational cannabis sales in Oregon from January through November 2016: $54.5&nbsp;million <span><sup>11</sup></span></p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>U.S. deaths that occurred from 1980 to 2014: 80.4&nbsp;million <span><sup>12</sup></span></p>&#13;
<p>Number of those deaths that were assigned &ldquo;garbage codes,&rdquo; vague terms that don&rsquo;t indicate a specific cause: 19.4&nbsp;million</p>&#13;
<hr style="width: 50%;" width="50%"><p>Miles of the 1,954-mile border with Mexico that are in Texas (the state with the most): 1,254</p>&#13;
<p>Number of lawmakers Texas sends to Congress: 38</p>&#13;
<p>Number of them who are Republican: 25</p>&#13;
<p>Number on record in December supporting Trump&rsquo;s border wall proposal: 0 <span><sup>13</sup></span></p>&#13;
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<div><span>1.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/06/8-facts-about-chinas-economy/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/06/8-facts-about-chinas-economy/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Economic Forum</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>2. <a href="http://berkeleyearth.org/air-pollution-and-cigarette-equivalence/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Berkeley Earth&nbsp;</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>3. <a href="http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/10/05/chinese-public-sees-more-powerful-role-in-world-names-u-s-as-top-threat/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pew Research Center</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>4. <a href="http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Equality of Opportunity</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>5. <a href="http://www.census.gov/en.html" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. Census, adjusted for inflation</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>6. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/nyregion/despite-national-trend-new-york-police-are-slow-to-adopt-body-cameras.html" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New&nbsp;York Times</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>7. <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/wasted-food-IP.pdf" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Natural Resource Defense Council</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>8. <a href="http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/factsheets/Suicide_Prevention_FactSheet_New_VA_Stats_070616_1400.pdf" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs&nbsp;</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>9. <a href="http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1100/RR1165z4/RAND_RR1165z4.pdf" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">RAND Corporation</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>10. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/portland-ceo-pay-1.3886955" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">City of Portland</a> </span></div>&#13;
<div><span>11. <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/DOR/programs/gov-research/Pages/research-marijuana.aspx" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Oregon Department of Revenue</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>12. <a href="http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-americans-die-may-depend-on-where-they-live/" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dwyer-Lindgren, et al.; U.S. County-Level Trends in Mortality Rates&nbsp;for Major Causes of Death, 1980-2014</a></span></div>&#13;
<div><span>13. <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/675971/texas-longest-border-mexico-zero-38-members-congress-support-trumps-wall" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Week, Jan. 26, 2017</a></span></div>&#13;
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None of Texas’ Members of Congress Support Trump’s Wall
Number of citizens China’s economic growth lifted from poverty between 1978 and 2014: 800 million 1
Number of Chinese citizens who die from air pollution each year: 1.6 million 2
Percentage of Chinese citizens willing to trade a better economy for cleaner air: 50 3
Percentage of Americans born in 1940 who earned more than their parents by age 30: 92 4
Of those born in 1985: 50
Percentage increase in median income of male workers between 1940 and 1970: 141 5
Of male workers between 1985 and 2015: 37
Number of New York City police officers in 2016: 35,800 6
Number of officers wearing body cameras in 2016 after a federal judge ordered them to do so in 2013: 0
Percentage of food that goes uneaten in the U.S.: 40 7
Monetary equivalent of a year’s worth of wasted food: $165 billion
Number of people who could be fed each year by reducing food waste by 15 percent: 25 million
Average number of military veterans who died from suicide each day in 2014: 20 8
Percentage of those veterans who used Department of Veterans Affairs services: 30
Percentage of veterans who reported getting care as soon as needed: 50 9
Percentage increase of business tax rate imposed in December on Portland, Oregon, companies that paid their CEOs at least 100 times more than their average workers: 10 10
Estimated amount of new annual revenue that surtax is expected to generate: $2.5 million
Amount of tax revenue generated by recreational cannabis sales in Oregon from January through November 2016: $54.5 million 11
U.S. deaths that occurred from 1980 to 2014: 80.4 million 12
Number of those deaths that were assigned “garbage codes,” vague terms that don’t indicate a specific cause: 19.4 million
Miles of the 1,954-mile border with Mexico that are in Texas (the state with the most): 1,254
Number of lawmakers Texas sends to Congress: 38
Number of them who are Republican: 25
Number on record in December supporting Trump’s border wall proposal: 0 13
 
1. World Economic Forum
2. Berkeley Earth 
3. Pew Research Center
4. Equality of Opportunity
5. U.S. Census, adjusted for inflation
6. The New York Times
7. Natural Resource Defense Council
8. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 
9. RAND Corporation
10. City of Portland 
11. Oregon Department of Revenue
12. Dwyer-Lindgren, et al.; U.S. County-Level Trends in Mortality Rates for Major Causes of Death, 1980-2014
13. The Week, Jan. 26, 2017