Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech at the AFL-CIO National Summit on Raising Wages

"The average family not in the top 10 percent makes less money today than they were making a generation ago."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2015

Georgia Farm Bureau
stated on January 8, 2015 a statement on the Georgia Farm Bureau website

Agriculture contributes $71 billion to Georgia’s economy annually, making it the state’s largest industry.

By April Hunt • January 9, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014

"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."

By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014

Jorge Elorza
stated on November 9, 2014 a TV interview

"Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."

By Katie Mulvaney • November 27, 2014

Greta Van Susteren
stated on November 9, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

New Jersey has had "seven credit downgrades" since Chris Christie became governor.

By Katie Sanders • November 9, 2014

Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 a campaign TV ad

Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record"

"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."

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

Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 remarks during a campaign stop

"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.

By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014

American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV commercial

"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014

Charlie Crist
stated on October 10, 2014 a gubernatorial debate

If Florida had not taken the stimulus, it "would have led to the firing of 20,000 teachers."

By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 an interview

Under Scott Walker, "right now, we’re 46th in the country in terms of new businesses started."

September 29, 2014

Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate

"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014

Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 a TV debate

"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014

Seth Magaziner
stated on July 13, 2014 a debate on WPRI-TV

Rhode Island's state pension system "underperformed the median three out of the four years that Mr. [Frank] Caprio was in office."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 3, 2014

Lindsey Graham
stated on July 27, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."

By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on July 17, 2014 a speech in Delaware

"We've recovered (from the recession) faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on Earth."

By Lauren Carroll • July 23, 2014

Nan Rich
stated on July 11, 2014 a speech to the Florida Press Association

"Tourism and retirees are the dominant economic engines in our state."

By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2014

Fresh Start PA
stated on July 15, 2014 a campaign ad

Under Gov. Tom Corbett, "Pennsylvania ranks 49th in job creation."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2014

Allan Fung
stated on June 26, 2014 a letter to taxpayers

Cranston's 2014-2015 "budget funds 100 percent of the local police and fire pension and other retiree benefit costs."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on June 11, 2014 a speech

All 28 members of NATO have "pledged to spend at least 2 percent of their economy on defense. But only three countries do -- Britain, Greece and us."

June 19, 2014

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