Fact Check Posts – Page 10

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."

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."

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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