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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2013
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