Latest Fact-Checks In Government Regulation

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Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on May 9, 2013 an interview
An 11-year-old girl was investigated by the FBI and had to pay a $500 federal criminal fine "because she found an injured woodpecker and put it in a cage to make sure that the bird was OK."
Mostly False
May 28, 2013
Jeff Wagner
Jeff Wagner
stated on May 8, 2013 a radio show
"The State of Wisconsin thinks you should have to" wash your hands "at least 28 times to make one peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich."
Half-True
May 16, 2013
Ed Doyle
Ed Doyle
stated on April 25, 2013 a news release and Facebook post
Proposed gun control legislation "will outlaw practically every firearm, make you pay $100 per firearm, put you into a police database" and make it "nearly impossible" to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 5, 2013
Ted Poe
Ted Poe
stated on April 25, 2013 an interview on Fox Business Network
Says new Medicare billing guidelines "have nine codes for (injuries by) turkeys."
True
By Becky Bowers • April 30, 2013
Ban the Box RI
Ban the Box RI
stated on March 20, 2013 a video posted on YouTube
"In Rhode Island, 28 percent of adults released from state prisons are re-incarcerated within a year."
True
By Michael McKinney • April 15, 2013
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2013 a Facebook post
A new law "requires the USDA to approve the harvest and sale of crops from genetically modified seed even if a court has ruled against the crop as being dangerous to public safety or the environment."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • April 5, 2013
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
True
By Becky Bowers • March 21, 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
Gary Kelly
Gary Kelly
stated on February 1, 2013 a column
"Taxes and fees amount to about 20 percent of a typical $300 round-trip domestic ticket. That’s higher than taxes on products like alcohol, tobacco and firearms."
Mostly True
March 17, 2013
Joseph Levy
Joseph Levy
stated on February 25, 2013 a legislative hearing
Says indoor workers get "less UV than outdoor workers, but they get more melanomas."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 16, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 7, 2013 an interview on MSNBC's Hardball
"We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use."
False
By Becky Bowers • March 11, 2013
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 13, 2013 a speech
Two-thirds of Wisconsinites receiving unemployment checks "are not required to search for work due to current work search exemptions."
Mostly True
March 4, 2013
Brian Patrick Kennedy
Brian Patrick Kennedy
stated on February 6, 2013 a news release
Employers and schools have no right to conduct "surveillance of a dorm room or a worker’s cubicle."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 17, 2013
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on January 23, 2013 testimony to the Legislature
Wisconsin’s laws "ranked the worst in the world for mining investment."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • February 15, 2013
stated on January 29, 2013 an interview
40 percent of U.S. gun sales "are occurring outside of" licensed gun dealers.  
Half-True
February 4, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on January 23, 2013 a website post
In 2009, the FBI "referred more than 71,000" cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, "but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them."
Half-True
February 3, 2013
Stephen King
Stephen King
stated on January 25, 2013 a Kindle Single essay, 'Guns'
Says since Australia passed tough gun laws, "homicides by firearm have declined almost 60 percent."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • January 31, 2013
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on January 22, 2013 a news release
Driving with a dog in your lap is dangerous, in part, because it could fly forward in a crash. "An 80-pound dog at only 30 mph packs a 2,400-pound punch."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 30, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 28, 2013
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on January 15, 2013 a speech
A Republican-sponsored Wisconsin mining bill "will take at least seven years to create jobs."  
Mostly False
January 27, 2013
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