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Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union:
Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2024
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on November 15, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
“I have been a state legislator for 11 years, passing over 170 bills into law and delivering for Wisconsin families.”
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 8, 2023
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on May 8, 2022 in Newspaper opinion piece:
"Fifty-four percent of Wisconsinites live in a child care desert."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • July 20, 2022
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 in a rally:
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on October 22, 2019 in a tweet:
"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • January 3, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
"We are the only industrialized nation that doesn't guarantee workers paid family leave."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2016
Moms Rising
Moms Rising
stated on July 13, 2016:
"In North Carolina, paid family leave is more popular than college basketball."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • July 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016
Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on March 8, 2016:
"Here in Pennsylvania, the annual cost for infant childcare is over $10,000 per child, which is more than most families pay in rent and almost the same cost as in-state college tuition."
Mostly True
By Cassie Owens • March 18, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate:
Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"Every other major country" has family paid leave.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 in a talk in Austin:
"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015
Joseph Yost
Joseph Yost
stated on February 16, 2015 in a floor speech.:
"One third of our age group (Millennials) have moved back in with their parents."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Sheila Resseger
Sheila Resseger
stated on January 10, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
"By spring 2014, parents of 60,000 students in New York state had refused to let them take the Common Core Tests."       
Mostly True
By Katie Mulvaney • February 15, 2015
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on February 12, 2015 in her budget address:
Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.
Mostly True
By Casey McDermott • February 13, 2015
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 19, 2014 in a list of talking points:
Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2014 in an interview on ESPN's "Mike and Mike":
"Much more than 50 percent of parents out there are spankers."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2014
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on August 25, 2014 in a web post.:
"The United States is the only industrialized country that does not guarantee paid time off to care for a new child."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • August 25, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families:
"In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2014
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