Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."

By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation."

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015

American Crossroads
stated on February 23, 2015 a video

"The Clintons' foundation took millions from foreign governments" including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

By Steve Contorno • February 26, 2015

Eric Holder
stated on February 17, 2015 remarks at the National Press Club

Last year, "we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years."

By Lauren Carroll • February 23, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address

The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address

"America is No. 1 one in oil and gas."

By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Wayne. Mich.

Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015

Michael McCaul
stated on January 11, 2015 an interview on CBS "Face the Nation"

Western Europeans "can fly in the United States without even having a visa."

By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2015

Amy Klobuchar
stated on January 4, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"We're now the No. 1 producer of oil in the world. We've surpassed Saudi Arabia."

By Lauren Carroll • January 4, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014

Charles Schumer
stated on November 25, 2014 remarks at the National Press Club

In 2010, uninsured voters made up "about 5 percent of the electorate."

By Lauren Carroll • December 4, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2014 a meme on social media

Congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2014

Sean Spicer
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

The last time Republican U.S. Senate candidates "beat more than two (incumbents) was 1980."

By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column

"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."

By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 a speech in Iowa

"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014

Nancy Pelosi
stated on July 29, 2014 a fundraising letter

"The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history."

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2014

Mitch McConnell
stated on July 10, 2014 remarks to voters in Kentucky

"More women are graduating from college now than men."

By Molly O'Connor • July 18, 2014

Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.

By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014

League of Conservation Voters
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad

Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."

By Molly O'Connor • June 27, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices."

"The U.S. military footprint in Africa is nearly nonexistent."

By Steve Contorno • June 12, 2014

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