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Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 23, 2024 Speech
“In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.”
True
By Sophia Voight • February 2, 2024
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Charlotte, N.C.
Says Donald Trump "wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage."
True
By Will Doran • July 8, 2016
Joe Roman
Joe Roman
stated on April 25, 2016 a Plain Dealer article
Says $15-an-hour proposal in Cleveland is "the most aggressive minimum wage increase in the country."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • May 9, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 4, 2016 an interview with the New York Daily News
"In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
True
By Linda Qiu • April 12, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech
Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."
True
August 27, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 a news conference
"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’
True
By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2015 Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation
"I belong to the AFL-CIO."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 27, 2014 a fundraising letter
"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 6, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 a TV debate
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
True
By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI debate
"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014
Gene Sperling
Gene Sperling
stated on January 5, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Our economy still has three people looking for every job (opening)."
True
By Julie Kliegman • January 7, 2014
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 27, 2013 an email
"The Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, controls a fortune equal to the wealth of the bottom 42 percent of Americans combined."
True
December 8, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 29, 2013 a speech
Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 14, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial
Says Texas is last in workers' compensation coverage.
True
By Sue Owen • February 14, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
"Ohio companies export more goods and services globally than 41 other states."
True
By Tom Feran • February 14, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 4, 2013 a news release
 "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."
True
By Tom Feran • February 11, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 18, 2012 a newspaper column
"We have more people working in clean and green energy than in oil and gas in this country."  
True
By John Hill • November 30, 2012
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on June 12, 2012 a news release
As Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney used a line-item veto to cut "millions of dollars for firefighting equipment," including firefighters' "coats, pants, helmets and boots."
True
July 1, 2012
Rashad Taylor
Rashad Taylor
stated on March 20, 2012 a speech
"More children die in agricultural jobs than in any other industry."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 4, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on January 8, 2012 a TV interview
Says she got unions to agree to "about $10 million in reduction" of salaries and health benefits while serving as Dane County executive in Wisconsin.
True
January 18, 2012
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