Latest Fact-Checks By Edward Fitzpatrick

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Joshua Miller
Joshua Miller
stated on March 1, 2013 in a news release:
"In the period from 2007 to 2011, the Office of Health Insurance Commissioner reported an 18 percent decline in the state’s total medical spending."
Half-True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 16, 2013
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on July 13, 2012 in a radio interview:
"The largest number of bankruptcies in our country are really as a result of health care."
Half-True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • July 29, 2012
Harold Metts
Harold Metts
stated on March 14, 2012 in a news release:
Says when Rhode Island Lottery was proposed, "state residents were enticed to vote for it with the promise that the money would be used for education." 
False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 28, 2012
Barry Hinckley
Barry Hinckley
stated on March 12, 2012 in a news release:
"More than 27,000 Rhode Island jobs depend on trade with Canada."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 18, 2012
Stephen Laffey
Stephen Laffey
stated on March 2, 2012 in a radio interview:
Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law
False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 11, 2012
Nick Tsiongas
Nick Tsiongas
stated on September 6, 2011 in newspaper commentary:
"Health care is the greatest contribution to spending increases in the state budget."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • October 9, 2011
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on July 29, 2011 in a Senate speech :
"In 1976, the first year that Pell Grants were fully funded, a full Pell Grant paid 72 percent of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. Today, a full Pell Grant covers just 34 percent of those costs.
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • September 22, 2011
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on March 4, 2011 in newspaper interview:
"When I took office in 2003, we had very little reserves."
Mostly False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 20, 2011
Donald Carcieri
Donald Carcieri
stated on November 8, 2010 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
Measures taken by my administration "have saved taxpayers $1 billion."
Mostly True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • December 5, 2010
Jamie Samons
Jamie Samons
stated on November 17, 2010 in a Providence Journal story:
"We were one of the first states in the U.S. to build sewers, to bring the treatment plant on line."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • November 28, 2010