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Latest Fact-Checks In Small Business

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David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 Public appearance
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
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By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 6, 2019 a tweet
"99.4% of businesses in Wisconsin are small businesses," and they employ "nearly half of our workforce."
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By Eric Litke • May 7, 2019
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on November 9, 2018 a tweet
"In fact 7 out of 10 new jobs in America are created by small businesses."
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By Titus Wu • November 19, 2018
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 a radio interview
"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."
True
By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address
"Small business confidence is at an all-time high."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 a press release on her website
Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."
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March 18, 2017
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2016 speaking against Proposition 1 on Austin's May 7, 2016 ballot
"Austin is number one in Texas in startups, venture capital and patents."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech in Orlando, Fla.
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 a TV interview
"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."
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By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2014 a campaign news release
Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."
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By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2014
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
Gary Sasse
Gary Sasse
stated on February 10, 2013 an appearance on 10 News Conference
Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located in the state of Rhode Island."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 24, 2013
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 4, 2012 keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says Mitt Romney told university students in Ohio that to start a business, they should "borrow money if you have to from your parents."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2012
Robert DiMuccio
Robert DiMuccio
stated on June 14, 2012 a letter to policy holders
"Rhode Islanders pay among the highest auto repair bills in the nation."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate
Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.
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By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on November 25, 2011 a news release.
Small businesses "create 70 percent of the jobs in America."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 30, 2011
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 5, 2011 a YouTube video
Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor. 
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By Jacob Geiger • April 7, 2011
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on April 22, 2011 a press conference
"The only segment in the beer market that is growing is the craft beer segment."
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April 6, 2011