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Kevin de León
Kevin de León
stated on May 31, 2017 a speech:
Clean energy employs "more than half a million Californians. That’s nearly ten times more the number of coal mining jobs that exist in the entire nation."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 2, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 5, 2017 a news release:
"Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses."
True
By Austin Hough • May 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2017 a tweet:
Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a White House web page:
Says he created "over 500,000 new jobs -- with a surge in female employment last month."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2017
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on April 20, 2017 an op-ed:
"More than 260,000 Americans are employed by the domestic solar industry — three times as many workers as employed by the entire coal mining industry."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech:
"We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address:
"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 a television interview:
"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall:
"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press:
California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire "are experiencing tremendous job growth."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press:
"2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California
True
By Chris Nichols • March 29, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 a press release on her website:
Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."
True
By Austin Hough • March 18, 2017
Patricia Farley
Patricia Farley
stated on March 14, 2017 a news conference in the Capitol:
"A woman working full-time is paid 79 to 80 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and it's even less for women of color, and on average $11,000 per year is lost simply because she isn't a man."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • March 14, 2017
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on March 6, 2017 a press conference in Texas:
Says HB2 has hurt North Carolina’s economy by "one-tenth of 1 percent of our annual GDP."
True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2017
Janet Cruz
Janet Cruz
stated on March 7, 2017 a speech:
"Florida pays our teachers $10,000 a year less than the national average."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 a statement to press:
"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 a roundtable discussion:
"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview:
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 a press conference:
"The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 16, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on February 7, 2017 a Fox News interview:
Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • February 14, 2017
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