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Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on January 8, 2013 a news release
Says Ohio’s economic recovery "started in February 2010."
Mostly True
By Henry J. Gomez • January 24, 2013
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on January 15, 2013 an MSNBC interview
"Even members of the NRA, when they were polled recently, were under the impression that everyone has a criminal background check."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • January 23, 2013
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on January 2, 2013 a news release
"Wind powers nearly 13 million homes across the country."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 23, 2013
Christopher Plante
Christopher Plante
stated on January 13, 2013 an interview
"The governor does not have any power to veto a referendum [on same-sex marriage] that would be a constitutional amendment."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 23, 2013
Pink Slip Rick
Pink Slip Rick
stated on January 17, 2013 social media posts
Says Rick Scott’s proposal for election reform "only mandates 48 hours of early voting."
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By Katie Sanders • January 22, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 15, 2013 a discussion with black lawmakers
Says a recent study shows Florida students are second in the world in fourth grade reading, behind Singapore.
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
"Nearly a quarter of all adults in this state have some college credit without a degree."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 21, 2013
College presidents
College presidents
stated on December 19, 2012 in a letter
In 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire. 1,773 were victims of homicide; 67 were elementary school-age children.
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • January 18, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview
The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on January 1, 2013 a letter
"[W]e see America's prison population exploding, with America having a greater percentage of its people behind bars than any other nation in the world!"
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2012 a letter to congressional leadership
Since the federal Violence Against Women Act was adopted in 1994, "cases of domestic violence have fallen by 67 percent."
Mostly True
January 13, 2013
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on December 31, 2012 an interview on WOR-AM
Says "how much money the government is collecting from people...in terms of the gross domestic product" is "the lowest in 40, 50 years."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • January 13, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 8, 2013 a Twitter post.
Says Texas is "dead last in support for mental health."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 10, 2013
Pardeep Kaleka
Pardeep Kaleka
stated on December 17, 2012 an online video
"Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns."
Mostly True
January 9, 2013
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
stated on January 10, 2013 an interview with the Columbus Dispatch
Ohio's judges, "compared to other similar states, are being woefully underpaid."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2013
Texas Medical Association
Texas Medical Association
stated on December 7, 2012 a Twitter post.
Says 31 percent of Texas physicians accept all new Medicaid patients, down from 67 percent in 2000.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 8, 2013
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on December 16, 2012 a newspaper commentary
"Eleven states complete their [legislative] sessions within three calendar months, and another five only meet biennially."
Mostly True
By John Hill • January 8, 2013
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on January 1, 2013 a news release
The so-called doc fix in the fiscal cliff deal will cut payments "for treating illnesses disproportionately impacting minorities, including end stage renal disease and diabetes."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • January 4, 2013
American International Group
American International Group
stated on January 1, 2013 a TV ad
AIG has fully repaid the federal government "plus a profit of more than $22 billion."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • January 2, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on December 23, 2012 a roundtable discussion on ABC’s "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"You see 34 people (are) murdered every single day" by gunfire in America.
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 27, 2012
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