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Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper
stated on March 26, 2013 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court:
"Very few men outlive their own fertility."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2013
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2013 tweets:
While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 22, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC:
"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2013
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to "develop a menu for when we colonize Mars."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2013
Janet Freedman
Janet Freedman
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview on 10 News Conference:
Tide gauges measuring sea level in Rhode Island since 1930 have risen "maybe about 10 inches since that time."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2013
Central Falls Police Department
Central Falls Police Department
stated on January 28, 2013 a news release:
"Statistics show one male cat can father 420,000 kittens in five years."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 2, 2013
Choose: New Jersey
Choose: New Jersey
stated on July 30, 2012 an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal:
"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012
Dave Weldon
Dave Weldon
stated on July 23, 2012 a mock debate:
Embryonic stem cell research is at a "dead end, with no one good example of a successful treatment."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 31, 2012
Jim Bohl
Jim Bohl
stated on May 30, 2012 a news conference:
Toothpaste contains "the poison substance of fluoride."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • July 9, 2012
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum:
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
stated on December 9, 2011 a column in the New York Times:
Newt Gingrich "has suggested" building "a mirror system in space" could improve the Earth’s habitability.
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2011
Frank Brogan
Frank Brogan
stated on October 19, 2011 a meeting with state legislators:
Says Anthropology is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) field.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 21, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 an op-ed article:
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Critics of water fluoridation
Critics of water fluoridation
stated on October 4, 2011 a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments:
Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • October 6, 2011
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on September 16, 2011 an opinion article:
Says "as a share of the US economy, the government’s support for research and development (R&D) has fallen by nearly two-thirds since the 1960s."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 26, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2011 remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire:
"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"There's no scientific conclusion that (being gay) is genetic."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 14, 2011 his first speech on the U.S. Senate floor:
"Anywhere in the world, when someone uses a mobile phone, e-mail, the Internet or GPS, they are enjoying the benefits of the American miracle."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • June 15, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on April 10, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2011
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