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Hillary Clinton
stated on October 7, 2015 an interview on PBS Newshour

On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Full Flop

By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2015

Barry DuVal
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview

"We're the only major oil-producing nation in the world with a self-imposed ban on exporting our crude oil to other nations."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • September 17, 2015

Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 a viral Internet chart

Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it.

Mostly True

By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.

"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech in Miami

On the Cuba embargo.

Full Flop

By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2015 an op-ed on Breitbart

On support for Trade Promotion Authority, called fast-track

Full Flop

By Keely Herring • July 8, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2015 social media posts.

"The House of Representatives just voted 300-131 to remove ‘country-of-origin labeling’ on chicken, pork, and beef sold in the U.S."

True

By Linda Qiu • July 2, 2015

MoveOn.org
stated on June 11, 2015 a Facebook post

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "voted to cut $700m from Medicare."

Mostly False

By Lucas Daprile • July 1, 2015

John Podesta
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2015

Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union"

"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015

Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 5, 2015 remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking

Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • May 14, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on May 5, 2015 an oped column

On reauthorization of Export-Import Bank.

Full Flop

By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on April 20, 2015 an interview with NPR

"We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2015

Ed Schultz
stated on April 17, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show"

"America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2015

John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

False

By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview

Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address

There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."

True

By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2014 a speech at North Carolina State University

"For the first time in nearly two decades, we produce more oil here in the United States than we buy from the rest of the world."

True

By Julie Kliegman • January 17, 2014

Chain email
stated on November 26, 2013 a chain email

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership "is fast-tracked through the Senate, it won't receive a committee assignment" and the consideration will include "no debate."

False

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2013 a speech on homeownership

"We now sell more products made in America to the rest of the world than ever before."

True

By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2013

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