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Raymond LaHood
Raymond LaHood
stated on February 25, 2013 an interview on MSNBC
"There's going to be a slowdown and delays in flights" as a result of the sequester.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • February 27, 2013
Mallard Fillmore
Mallard Fillmore
stated on February 9, 2013 a syndicated cartoon
Comic strip says government study shows Head Start "has little or no impact on the children it’s supposed to help."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on February 21, 2013 an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan
"When I ran against incumbent President Gerald Ford, you know how much money we raised? None."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2013
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on February 19, 2013 an interview
"You can't bring an iPad or a piece of paper and a pencil in the (Wisconsin Assembly) gallery to take notes of what's going on," but "you can bring a gun up there."
Mostly True
February 24, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 28, 2013 an interview on NJToday
"New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 24, 2013
Tim Knopp
Tim Knopp
stated on February 12, 2013 a press release
Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
Mostly True
By Janie Har • February 23, 2013
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on February 19, 2013 a Tweet
"Kewpie burgers are delicious. An Ohio institution. And they'll cost less thanks to John Kasich's tax cut."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 22, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on January 24, 2013 a television interview
"More than 9,000 Rhode Island voters used the Moderate Party master lever mechanism and they didn't have a single Moderate on their ballot."
Mostly True
By Michael McKinney • February 22, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 a speech in Washington, D.C.
The sequester "won’t consider whether we’re cutting some bloated program that has outlived its usefulness, or a vital service that Americans depend on every single day. It doesn’t make those distinctions."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2013
Sarah Eckhardt
Sarah Eckhardt
stated on February 18, 2013 an email blast.
Says Travis County's unemployment rate is below the national average while its poverty rate exceeds the national average--and local poverty is rising.
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By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2013
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on February 8, 2013 a panel discussion for "On The Record with Michael Aron"
Says, "when this governor came to office, he had (an) 11 billion dollar  - I call it mismanagement – deficit."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • February 21, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on February 11, 2013 a letter to Ohio lawmakers
Federal spending on entitlements "is projected to consume all revenue by 2045."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • February 21, 2013
David Cote
David Cote
stated on February 11, 2013 a speech during a “Fix the Debt” press event
"The only time in our history when the debt has been higher than this was the end of World War II."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • February 21, 2013
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 13, 2013 a radio interview
"Nobody in total is proposing cutting anything. We’re trying to reduce the rate of growth in government."
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 20, 2013
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hoyer
stated on February 12, 2013 a media availability with reporters
"The majority of (the American people) voted for a Democratic House."
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By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2013
Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack
stated on February 6, 2013 a campaign TV ad
Says she heard more than 2,400 cases as a Wisconsin appeals court judge  
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By Dave Umhoefer • February 17, 2013
Peter Courtney
Peter Courtney
stated on February 6, 2013 a press release
Says, "Statistics indicate that one in eight children, and one in 18 adults in Oregon suffers from mental illness."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • February 16, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 12, 2013 the State of the Union address
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • February 14, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 GOP response to Obama's State of the Union
"I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 14, 2013
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