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Latest Fact-Checks On Roy Blunt

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Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on April 4, 2021 remarks on "Fox News Sunday":
The proposal by President Joe Biden would put the U.S. “No. 2 in the world” for the highest corporate tax rate.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on March 21, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Under H.R. 1, the Federal Election Commission “for the first time ever, instead of being an equal number of Republicans and Democrats (would be) three of one side and two of the other."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on February 25, 2021 a tweet:
Says his amendment on a budget bill “would have helped get kids back in school after teachers were vaccinated. Every single Senate Democrat voted against it.”
Half-True
By William Skipworth • March 10, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 24, 2020 an Interview with the Southeast Missourian:
“The president got the highest percentage of minority votes of any Republican candidate for president in over 100 years."
False
By Simone Esters • December 8, 2020
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 13, 2019 a Facebook post:
"U.S. agricultural & food exports are expected to increase more than $2 billion annually under #USMCA"
True
By Greta Serrin • September 17, 2019
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on December 1, 2018 a tweet:
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years."
True
By Morgan Keith • December 13, 2018
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on October 13, 2017 a speech:
Missouri "is leading the country when it comes to improving services for mental and behavioral health. Innovation is happening right here." 
Mostly True
By Carolina Vargas • December 15, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"In the current law, if you report harassment, you're the one that has to go into 20 hours of counseling before you can decide whether you were really harassed."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter • December 8, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 a tweet:
"Our tax code has nearly doubled since 1985."
True
By Katelyn Brown • October 17, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 a tweet:
"Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change."
True
By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 15, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on February 8, 2017 a speech:
"Somebody observed this week that you have to go back to the very founding of the government to the first administration of George Washington to find a time when it’s taken longer to put a Cabinet in place."
False
By Grace Hase • March 25, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on January 11, 2017 a press release:
"This year, 97 Missouri counties have only one insurer participating in the Obamacare exchanges. Last year, every Missouri county had at least two insurance options. In addition, most Missourians will see an increase in their premiums, with some facing an increase upward of 40 percent"
Half-True
By Gary Garrison • February 22, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 3, 2016 a campaign ad:
"On three occasions, judges had to stop Jason Kander from manipulating elections."
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • November 6, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on April 18, 2016 a petition against President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay:
"Jason Kander supports [Obama’s] plan to bring the remaining suspected terrorists to U.S. soil."
False
By Mary McIntyre • May 9, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on January 15, 2016 a news release:
"The [Obama] administration’s regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work"
Mostly False
By Mary McIntyre • March 17, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 4, 2015 at the Missouri State Fair:
"The world food demand is going to double sometime between now and 2070."
True
By Sean Nelson • November 30, 2015
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 12, 2009 an editorial board meeting with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
"I'm 59. In either Canada or Great Britain, if I broke my hip, I couldn’t get it replaced."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2009
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on May 14, 2009 a news release:
"Democrats have failed to answer the most basic question of how they want to pay for the more than $1 trillion of health care spending."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 19, 2009