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Latest Fact-Checks On David Cicilline

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David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2015 in a speech:
"There have been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year – more than any other country in the world."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • November 1, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2015 in TV interview:
"She [Hillary Clinton] has also said unequivocally that she didn't receive classified documents."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • September 13, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 1, 2015 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
Annual precipitation "has increased in Rhode Island by over 12 inches in the last century."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 14, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 26, 2014 in a TV debate:
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
True
By Alex Kuffner • November 1, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on February 11, 2014 in a House floor speech:
"According to one study, the minimum wage today is worth $2 less than in 1968."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 21, 2014
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on July 21, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers" program:
"The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan office, did an analysis and said that passing comprehensive immigration reform will reduce the federal deficit by $200 billion over the next decade."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 1, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on May 12, 2013 in an interview on WPRI's Newsmakers program:
Historically, the Social Security tax has been assessed on about 90% of U.S. income. Now it captures 83% because there's been such a growth of income among the highest earners.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 19, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 19, 2013 in an appearance on 10 News Conference:
"If you are a federally licensed gun dealer and your license is revoked because you've engaged in misconduct ... your entire inventory under prevailing law is deemed your personal collection. You then can sell it free from any background checks."
True
By Michael McKinney • May 4, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on January 26, 2013 in a speech:
More than 40 percent of sales nationally are made without background checks.
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • February 10, 2013
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2012 in a TV ad:
"The truth is David Cicilline voted for tougher laws against child abusers, domestic abusers and abusers of the elderly."
True
By John Hill • October 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 in a debate:
"There are more oil rigs in operation in the United States than the rest of the world combined."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 22, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 16, 2012 in a debate:
"While I was mayor of the city of Providence we had the lowest crime rate in 30 years."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 21, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2012 in a debate:
"The auditor [for the city of Providence] was not locked out" of access to the city's finances.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 7, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 in a TV debate:
"We will spend $100 billion in Afghanistan this year, fixing roads, building bridges, training police officers, and more, [and] cutting the same things in our own country."
False
By Tom Mooney • September 5, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 in a debate on WPRI.com:
"When President Obama took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. Now we've had job growth, I think, for 24 consecutive months."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 9, 2012 in a campaign flier:
"(Brendan) Doherty wants to raise the eligibility age for Social Security benefits for anyone born after 1960, with no regard for the challenges it would cause for people working in physically demanding occupations."
False
By Tom Mooney • August 15, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on April 17, 2012 in a news release:
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 24, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on December 25, 2011 in an appearance on WPRI's Newsmakers:
"I think with the exception of the last year or maybe the last two years, we were at 100 percent" when it came to contributing to the Providence pension fund.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on November 18, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’
Half-True
By Lynn Arditi • January 1, 2012
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