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Latest Fact-Checks On Frank Lautenberg

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Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
"In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 9, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be."  
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 25, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on July 30, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:
"Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 6, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on May 3, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
"Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • May 11, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on April 26, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 3, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on October 24, 2011 in an article on NOLA.com:
"Last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. And Lord knows we need that. But that's more than we spent on Amtrak in its entire 40-year history." 
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By Caryn Shinske • December 5, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on June 15, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "Top Line":
"Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 28, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on January 11, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC:
"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world, we see ... large countries, the U.K., Germany, Japan had 200 or less killed in a year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2011