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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 19, 2018 in a conference call with voters:
Says Texas ranks among the nation’s top five states for its high school graduation rate.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018
Scott Milder
Scott Milder
stated on February 6, 2018 in a statement posted on Milder's campaign website:
"In the 1980s, the state funded 68% of school expenses, and now the state’s share is 38%."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 16, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 18, 2018 in a press conference:
Reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program "for six years saves $1 billion" and doing it for 10 years saves $6 billion.
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2018
tmzbreaking
tmzbreaking
stated on September 20, 2016 in a headline:
"Law passed: All child support in the United States will end by beginning of 2018."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 19, 2017
truthcommand.com
truthcommand.com
stated on November 21, 2017 in an article on a website:
"Now it’s official: FDA announced that vaccines are causing autism."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 19, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 in an interview:
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 6, 2017
Tom Luce
Tom Luce
stated on November 15, 2017 in testimony before the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness:
"Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2017
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on November 15, 2017 in a post on Twitter:
"The average cost for infant care in GA is almost $7,700/yr – more than average in-state college tuition."
Half-True
By Emily Tanaka • November 22, 2017
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
stated on September 24, 2017 in a handout in advance of November 2017 vote on a bond proposition:
Says a proposed $1.05 billion Austin school district bond proposition "will require no tax rate increase."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
Joyce Mauk
Joyce Mauk
stated on October 3, 2017 in an Austin American-Statesman news story:
"One in 10 babies born in this country is born in Texas."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 in a town hall in Monett, Mo.:
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 in a digital ad:
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2017
James Peterson
James Peterson
stated on June 23, 2017 in a ruling from the bench:
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 18, 2017
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee
stated on June 21, 2017 in a segment on her show "Full Frontal":
The New York State Senate "passed legislation allowing minors to race snowmobiles, get their own hunting licenses, and not be employed gathering or picking rags, cigar stumps, or collecting bones."
True
By Dan Clark • June 30, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech:
Says Donald Trump "wants to kick thousands of kids off of BadgerCare."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 28, 2017
Margaret Hoover
Margaret Hoover
stated on May 2, 2017 in a discussion on CNN:
Regarding the surgery that saved Jimmy Kimmel's son, "Medicaid has stopped providing this kind of service."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union":
Says 70 percent of benefits in Donald Trump’s proposal for child care "go to the people making over $100,000 a year."
True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 8, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 24, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin children are crossing "condemned bridges in the middle of the winter to get to the school bus."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 3, 2017
Restore American Freedom and Liberty
Restore American Freedom and Liberty
stated on February 16, 2017 in a fundraising email:
Says Tammy Baldwin "wants to require children starting at age 5 to learn about gay sex!"  
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2017
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