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Latest Fact-Checks In Welfare

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Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
stated on June 12, 2025 X, formerly Twitter
“Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”
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By Madeline Heim • July 30, 2025
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on November 17, 2022 a news release
Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 the 2016 Republican National Convention
"Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on July 16, 2013 an MSNBC interview
Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."  
True
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 12, 2013 a conference call with reporters
"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.
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By Stephen Koff • June 18, 2013
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a convention speech
The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements "only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent."
True
By Molly Moorhead • September 10, 2012
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 27, 2012 her speech at a rally for Ted Cruz in The Woodlands
Says 1 in 7 American families is on food stamps.
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By Sue Owen • August 2, 2012
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on April 24, 2012 a House committee hearing
"When these [undocumented] students graduate from college, they're still illegal aliens. They cannot get a job."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 13, 2012
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on November 15, 2011 an email blast
Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 16, 2011