The phrase "a statement that cited" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a statement that references or quotes another source or piece of information.
Example: "In her research paper, she included a statement that cited several key studies on climate change."
Alternatives: "a declaration that referenced" or "a remark that quoted".
In a statement that cited the "world economic climate," Warner Brothers was more circumspect.
"There are clear signs that the U.S. economy is likely to experience a deeper and more prolonged slowdown than had been projected in January," the bank said in a statement that cited the credit market turmoil in the United States.
"He refused to include more people who represent unions, environmentalists, and human rights advocates on trade advisory panels," Sanders spokesman Josh Miller-Lewisaidin in a statement that cited a litany of other disappointments.
The U.S. State Department issued an alert on Sunday urging Americans traveling to Europe to be vigilant about possible terrorist attacks in a statement that specifically cites the potential involvement of Al Qaida.
So the Obama administration's lawyers have cited a statement that was patently false.
Mr. Torricelli, a Democrat, has been accusing Mr. Forrester of trying to privatize Social Security, citing a statement that appeared briefly on Mr. Forrester's campaign Web site in May endorsing the idea of "offering younger workers the option of controlling a portion of their own retirement funds".
"I support legislative action to postpone the deadline so that we can revisit it," he said in a statement that went out on April 5, which also cited the Fed's position -- a position the chairman has since softened, citing new credit card company-issued rules that create a two-tiered market to exempt small banks.
Yoshikazu Maruyama, who was named interim executive chairman on Tuesday, recognized Manby's work in a statement that also expressed hope for the company, citing a more recent increase in park attendance as well as a rise in profits toward the end of 2017.
The National Federation of Independent Business, the conservative-leaning small-business lobbying group, panned it as "more of the same" in an e-mailed statement that cited "the threat of higher taxes and the thousands of pending federal regulations".
"They're quite limited in the titles that are available," Charles Kidd, the editor of Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage, said in a statement that the Telegraph cited.
This morning, as it emerged that he had also been given a €250,000 payoff (to enforce his resignation) he hit back with a statement that not only cited "personal and family reasons" for his resignation but rejected accusations that he had failed to take adequate steps ahead of the island's spectacular banking collapse last spring.
