Fact Check Posts – Page 10

Tavis Smiley
stated on October 19, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"This (Ebola) is not as bad as SARS was in 2003."

By Lauren Carroll • October 19, 2014

Mark Pryor
stated on August 25, 2014 a campaign ad:

Says Tom Cotton "voted against preparing America for pandemics like Ebola."

By Lauren Carroll • August 28, 2014

Mark S. Zaccaria
stated on August 3, 2014 an interview on "10 News Conference.":

Sen. Jack Reed "cast the deciding vote in the Senate for the Affordable Care Act."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 17, 2014

Michael Solomon
stated on April 3, 2014 a news release:

"Pregnant women who stand for five to six hours at a time increase their risk of pre-term pregnancy by 80 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2014

Tommy Thompson
stated on September 25, 2013 an interview:

"Wisconsin is not as obese as the national average is. The national average, 35.7 percent of the population is obese. In Wisconsin, it's closer to 26 percent."

By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2013

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 9, 2013 an advertisement:

Ann Kuster turned "a blind eye to those in need of funding" by voting "against funding for our nation’s veterans, low-income women and children, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health."

By Kaitlin Mulhere • October 16, 2013

Ted Cruz
stated on August 12, 2013 a radio commentary.:

"According to a recent Congressional Budget Office report, under Obamacare, 7 million people will lose their employer-sponsored insurance."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on June 12, 2013 a radio ad:

Says New York has ‘bureaucrats telling you whether you can even drink a Big Gulp.’

By Sue Owen • June 19, 2013

Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 6, 2013 his radio show:

"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.

By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013

Republican Party of Florida
stated on May 28, 2013 a Web ad:

"Two weeks after signing a taxpayer protection pledge, (Charlie Crist) breaks it."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 30, 2013

Michael Chippendale
stated on April 12, 2013 a debate on WPRI's "Newsmakers program":

If an individual is determined "to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor" because they will find a way.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 21, 2013

Nelson Wolff
stated on April 1, 2013 a Texas Capitol press conference.:

Says uncompensated health care costs absorbed by Texas hospitals are adding $1,800 a year to Texas private insurance rates.

By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on April 1, 2013 a press release jointly issued with U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.:

"Only three in 10 Texas doctors are currently accepting new Medicaid patients."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 1, 2013

Joseph Levy
stated on February 25, 2013 a legislative hearing :

Says indoor workers get "less UV than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas."

By Janie Har • March 16, 2013

David Cicilline
stated on September 25, 2012 a campaign commercial:

Brendan Doherty wants "to repeal Obamacare, increasing drug prices for seniors."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 30, 2012

Sean Duffy
stated on June 7, 2012 a news release:

President Barack Obama’s health care reform "slashed $500 billion from Medicare."

By Tom Kertscher • July 11, 2012

Jim Bohl
stated on May 30, 2012 a news conference:

Toothpaste contains "the poison substance of fluoride."

By James B. Nelson • July 9, 2012

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on May 24, 2012 a debate on State of the State:

"Massachusetts is reporting a trend far below the national trend in the escalation of health-care costs in this year."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 10, 2012

Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview:

The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012

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