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Latest Fact-Checks In Federal Budget

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James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on October 8, 2025 an X post
“Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.
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By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2025
Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 an X post
Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on December 8, 2022 a statement
Joe Biden’s $36 billion for a union pension fund is “the largest private pension bailout in American history.”
True
December 14, 2022
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 3, 2021 Twitter
“The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”
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By Laura Schulte • October 14, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 16, 2021 Twitter
In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
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By D.L. Davis • August 31, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 2, 2019 a newspaper
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it." 
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By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2019
Allen Thomas
Allen Thomas
stated on April 9, 2019 a candidate questionnaire
"Currently, 23 percent of our military's infrastructure is graded as 'poor' while 9 percent is 'failing.'"
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By Bill McCarthy • April 23, 2019
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on December 1, 2018 a tweet
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years."
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By Morgan Keith • December 13, 2018
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on November 15, 2018 a tweet
The United States "spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D."
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By Kristen Mohammadi, Lili Zecevic • December 6, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on October 30, 2018 a debate
"Do you know that New York State pays out way more than they ever get back?"
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2018
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 5, 2017 a meeting with nonprofit leaders
For 22 percent of N.H. Meals on Wheels recipients, the delivery driver is "the only human contact in their life from week to week."
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By Nick Reid • June 9, 2017
Scott Peters
Scott Peters
stated on April 24, 2017 a news article
The estimated price of President Trump’s border wall is the same as the cost of "one and a half aircraft carriers."
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By Chris Nichols • April 28, 2017
Raj Shah
Raj Shah
stated on February 24, 2017 an op-ed
"Most U.S. foreign assistance ... is given to U.S. companies and nonprofits in the form of contracts and grants."  
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By Jon Greenberg • March 8, 2017
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on October 26, 2016 a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
"Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2016
Ruben Hinojosa
Ruben Hinojosa
stated on July 16, 2016 a tweet
"50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."
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By Rye Druzin • August 15, 2016
Jonathan Jarvis
Jonathan Jarvis
stated on June 14, 2016 testimony before a U.S. House committee
The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 11, 2016 a GOP debate at the University of Miami
Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."  
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By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 11, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2015 a speech
"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."
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October 14, 2015
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"There’s no money" for Planned Parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.
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By Lauren Carroll • September 29, 2015
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