Latest Fact-Checks In New Hampshire

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Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on January 28, 2024 a television interview
“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 23, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on December 14, 2023 a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”
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By Grace Abels • December 19, 2023
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
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on June 21, 2016 a campaign statement
Says Kelly Ayotte "voted again yesterday against a proposal to expand background checks -- (buyers) can continue to simply go online or to gun shows to purchase guns without background checks."
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By Allie Morris • June 21, 2016
Jack Falanagan
Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 a speech
Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
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By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 18, 2015 a speech in Nashua, N.H.
"Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour."
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By Allie Morris • April 24, 2015
Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh
stated on April 2, 2015 an interview in Concord, N.H.
"The fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget are health care expenses."
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By Clay Wirestone • April 21, 2015
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on September 29, 2014 a news release
Says Scott Brown "co-sponsored legislation to let employers deny women coverage for birth control."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 a segment on his show, Last Week Tonight
Says Keene, N.H., requested a "military-grade armored personnel truck," citing their annual Pumpkin Festival as "a possible target" for terrorists.
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By Jim Haddadin • August 20, 2014
Carol Shea-Porter
Carol Shea-Porter
stated on December 10, 2013 a press release
"Granite Staters who hold individual policies from Anthem...can indeed renew their policies and keep their current doctors and hospitals" in 2014.
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By Kaitlin Mulhere • January 3, 2014
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on October 24, 2013 a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.
The deficit this year could pay "all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years."
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By Kaitlin Mulhere • November 18, 2013
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on October 24, 2013 a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.
Under President George W. Bush, "we added $4.9 trillion to the debt. Under President Obama … we’ve added $6.5 trillion to the debt."
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By Jim Haddadin • November 1, 2013
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 9, 2013 remarks from the Senate floor
"Ninety six percent of employers in the Granite State are considered small businesses."
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By Jim Haddadin • October 11, 2013
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 18, 2013 an interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper"
Mental health provisions related to mass shootings "got over 90 votes in the Senate."
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By Steve Gilbert • September 24, 2013
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on January 3, 2013 her inauguration speech becoming NH governor
We have the fourth highest in-state tuition for public universities in the country.
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By Jake Berry • January 25, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on January 9, 2013 a press release
"Even if you took literally every single ounce of platinum in the world, it still wouldn’t add up to enough needed to pay down our nation’s debt."
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By Jake Berry • January 14, 2013
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on November 11, 2012
Says she is "entering in the most diverse class ever," of U.S. Representatives
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By Jake Berry, Maryalice Gill • November 21, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 20, 2012 statements during a rally at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH
"Half the kids coming out of college this year … can't find a job, or a job that's consistent with a college degree."
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By Maryalice Gill • August 27, 2012
Jackie Cilley
Jackie Cilley
stated on July 16, 2012 a statement during a candidates forum at Nashua City Hall
Says New Hampshire has the third-highest property tax in the country. 
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By Jake Berry • July 23, 2012