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Gerry Connolly
stated on July 9, 2015 a written statement.:

"In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2015

NumbersUSA
stated on July 22, 2015 a Facebook meme:

"More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on May 27, 2015 news conference:

"It’s commercial vehicles, 18 wheelers and above … that cause 90 plus percent of the damages on our highways and bridges."

Half-True

By Mark Reynolds • July 19, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • June 17, 2015

Jay Roberts
stated on March 31, 2015 a House floor debate:

About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.

Mostly True

By April Hunt • May 25, 2015

Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
stated on May 13, 2015 a radio ad:

"Accidents are down 50 percent and injury accidents are down 60 percent" in the rebuilt Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee.

True

By Dave Umhoefer • May 25, 2015

Russell McMurry
stated on May 11, 2015 news reports:

Georgia is on track for 1,200 traffic fatalities this year, a reversal of nine years of declines.

True

By April Hunt • May 20, 2015

Akbar Al Baker
stated on March 16, 2015 an interview:

The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.

Mostly False

By Nancy Badertscher • May 19, 2015

Megyn Kelly
stated on May 13, 2015 a broadcast of "The Kelly File":

The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes a while. They (Congress) just passed it in the recent past."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • May 18, 2015

Charles Schumer
stated on May 13, 2015 remarks to reporters:

"It is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation" of a positive train control safety system. "To deny a connection between the (derailment in Philadelphia) and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2015

Alex McMurtrie Jr.
stated on May 7, 2015 a campaign flyer.:

State legislators "quietly shifted $2 billion from education to road building" in 2013.

False

By Warren Fiske • May 18, 2015

Senate Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 interviews:

The state budget will include scholarship money for minority students as a concession to Senate Democrats for supporting the GOP-initiated transportation bill.

True

By Nancy Badertscher • May 13, 2015

Bloomberg.com
stated on March 31, 2015 a news report:

Delta has had the most animal deaths among U.S. carriers in the past five years

Half-True

By April Hunt • April 29, 2015

Steve Adler
stated on April 1, 2015 a speech:

Austin has "gone from being the 24th most congested city just about 10 years ago to being the fourth most congested — more congested than NYC."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2015

Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on April 23, 2015 state DOT road signs:

Distracted driving such as texting behind the wheel is behind a rise in traffic deaths on Georgia roadways this year.

True

By April Hunt • April 28, 2015

Debbie Dooley
stated on March 31, 2015 a Twitter post:

The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.

Mostly True

By April Hunt • April 27, 2015

Trebor Banstetter
stated on March 1, 2015 a newspaper article:

Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.

Mostly True

By Nancy Badertscher • March 31, 2015

Greg Gutfeld
stated on March 10, 2015 a commentary on Fox News.:

Under New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, homicides are up by 20 percent, and subway delays have soared 45 percent.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2015

Rich Golick
stated on March 3, 2015 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:

Uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under Georgia law.

True

By April Hunt • March 20, 2015

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
stated on February 10, 2015 news reports:

The proposed transportation tax plan revokes a tax-credit for consumers’ electric cars while the state retains similar credits for similar vehicles for businesses.

True

By April Hunt • March 16, 2015

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