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Latest Fact-Checks In Regulation

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Clean Virginia
Clean Virginia
stated on November 16, 2018 website post.:
"Virginians pay the 11th-highest power bills in the nation."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • November 27, 2018
Yes on 10 campaign
Yes on 10 campaign
stated on September 28, 2018 a TV advertisement:
California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 5, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 a speech:
Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 4, 2018 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 10, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the State of the Union address:
"America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?"
Half-True
By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech:
Says President Donald Trump "has signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in American history and has already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year."
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By Manuela Tobias • July 21, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 2, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."
Half-True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 3, 2016 a campaign speech:
"It's just been announced that the residents of Florida are going to experience a massive, double-digit premium hike."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • November 7, 2016
Cocks Not Glocks
Cocks Not Glocks
stated on August 24, 2016 a Cocks not Glocks call to protest on Facebook:
"You would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class" at the University of Texas.
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • October 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 29, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:
Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 30, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 7, 2015
Kevin Flynn
Kevin Flynn
stated on November 25, 2014 a website story:
"There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • January 16, 2015
United Florida Horsemen
United Florida Horsemen
stated on June 21, 2013 an ad campaign:
Says Florida "rubber-stamped phony horse racing."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • July 5, 2013
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican convention:
Says "President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board" sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2012
Sher Valenzuela
Sher Valenzuela
stated on August 28, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
"A Gallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners aren't hiring because of what they call ‘regulatory uncertainty.’"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on February 8, 2012 a TV ad.:
"As Virginia’s governor, Allen cut spending and waste with bipartisan support."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • February 23, 2012
Richard Morrison
Richard Morrison
stated on February 15, 2012 a legislative hearing:
After Arizona banned smoking in "all public places" in 2007, "admissions for acute myocardial infarction … stroke, asthma, [and] angina decreased following the implementation of the ban."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • February 22, 2012
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on June 14, 2011 a statement.:
"The Federal Register - which houses all Washington regulations - is 34,000 pages in length and weighs in at more than 340 pounds."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • July 1, 2011
Sergio Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release:
"Less than two years ago, we made a commitment to repay the U.S. . . .taxpayers in full, and today we made good on that promise."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 26, 2011
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