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Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on November 30, 2010:
"The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years."
True
By Wes Hester • December 2, 2010
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on October 7, 2010 a news release:
In Wisconsin, "deaths from domestic violence are at the highest in 10 years."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2010
Mike Mullen
Mike Mullen
stated on November 21, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"Historically," Senate ratification of arms control treaties "has been bipartisan."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2010
Jamie Samons
Jamie Samons
stated on November 17, 2010 a Providence Journal story:
"We were one of the first states in the U.S. to build sewers, to bring the treatment plant on line."
True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • November 28, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on November 5, 2010 a blog post:
Says the House Rules Committee is the only panel, other than the Intelligence and Ethics committees, not able to telecast proceedings in its main hearing room.
True
By Tom Feran • November 25, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on August 31, 2010 an interview.:
"More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 25, 2010
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio Department of Transportation
stated on October 25, 2010 a news release:
"Demand for transportation choice is on the rise, with 14 percent more Ohioans riding passenger trains over the past year."
True
By Joe Guillen • November 24, 2010
Bob Wirch
Bob Wirch
stated on November 15, 2010 a news release:
"Over the course of one four-year term, it costs taxpayers more than $1 million simply to operate" the governor’s mansion.
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By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2010
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 27, 2010 a speech on the Senate floor.:
"The law, right now, permits companies that close down American factories and offices and move those jobs overseas to take a tax deduction for the costs associated with moving the jobs to China or India or wherever."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 21, 2010
Crime Victims United of Oregon
Crime Victims United of Oregon
stated on November 12, 2010 a website:
Says Oregon ranks 30th in the nation with regard to its incarceration rate.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 19, 2010
John Pistole
John Pistole
stated on November 16, 2010 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.:
The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 18, 2010
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on November 17, 2010 a website posting:
"Congressman Ryan has secured a grand total of $116,838,763 to date (for the Mahoning Valley) and has an additional $27,095,000 pending in FY2010 spending bills."
True
By Tom Feran • November 17, 2010
Joyce Kaufman
Joyce Kaufman
stated on November 12, 2010 a radio show:
"Nobody has played clips over and over ... of President Obama (saying), 'If they bring a knife to the fight, we'll bring a gun.' " 
True
By Amy Sherman • November 17, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 2, 2010 in "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America from Washington":
"The (federal) debt is growing by more than $4 billion a day."
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2010
Steven Schale
Steven Schale
stated on November 15, 2010 a posting on Twitter.:
"Re: (Marco) Rubio's support of earmark ban: In 2002 alone, he requested 37 earmarks worth $43 million."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 16, 2010
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder
stated on October 18, 2010 an interview:
"We haven’t had control of the House for the last two years and it’s been malfunctioning. We had 109 sessions scheduled and held 49."
True
By Joe Guillen • November 16, 2010
Kent Conrad
Kent Conrad
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Federal spending is "the highest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years (and) revenue is the lowest it's been as a share of our economy in 60 years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 14, 2010 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We now consume at the federal level 25 percent of the gross domestic product. Historically we were at 20 percent. So we've taken 5 percent away from the private sector."
True
By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2010
George Voinovich
George Voinovich
stated on November 8, 2010 a news release:
Says that the federal gas tax has not been raised since 1993.
True
By Stephen Koff • November 11, 2010
stated on November 10, 2010 a campaign video and numerous other campaign statements:
As mayor, Barrett led efforts to redevelop the Menomonee Valley, "which now supports nearly 4,000 jobs in Wisconsin."
True
By James B. Nelson • November 11, 2010
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