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Latest Fact-Checks On Lynn Westmoreland

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Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on September 11, 2015 press release
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct."
False
By Nancy Badertscher • October 13, 2015
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on November 14, 2013 a tweet
"Only 536 Georgians are signed up for Obamacare while 400,000 in the state lost their health insurance."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • November 27, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 16, 2013 an article
"I have returned money every year since taking office."
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 15, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on June 20, 2013 an article
"It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so."
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 8, 2013
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 29, 2012 a congressional hearing
"There is not one single federal housing program yet that has not needed a bailout to survive."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 30, 2012
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 a meeting
Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ
True
By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 11, 2011
The federal government regulates the holes in Swiss cheese.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2011
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on June 17, 2009 a press release on the House GOP's blog.
The war spending bill "actually spends more money on the International Monetary Fund than on the war."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • June 23, 2009