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Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 9, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Twenty-five percent of our kids in foster care are there because their parents are involved in drugs."

True

By Sean Nelson • November 30, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate:

Says Marco Rubio is proposing a new $1 trillion "welfare program" in tax credits and "$1 trillion in new military spending."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • November 12, 2015

Greenville Gazette
stated on February 1, 2015 in an article:

Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."

Half-True

By Andy East • November 6, 2015

Edward Flynn
stated on August 27, 2015 in a forum:

In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 in a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.:

"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."

True

By Christian Belanger • August 11, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview:

If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2015

Randy Forbes
stated on June 16, 2015 in a written statement.:

"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2015

Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 in a speech:

A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2015

Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 in press conference:

"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."

True

By Nancy Badertscher • June 5, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 in a speech in Iowa:

"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015

Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 in a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:

"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 in an interview:

Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2015

Dino Baccari
stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.:

A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015

Rose Mary Grant
stated on March 29, 2015 in a Providence Journal commentary.:

Rhode Island "charter schools are nationally recognized as outperforming their counterparts across the country."

Mostly True

By Mark Reynolds • April 30, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2015 in a tweet:

Under Barack Obama, "the average cost of family health care premiums has increased by $4,154."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2015

Susan Stimpson
stated on March 28, 2015 in a Facebook post.:

Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell is "allied to group pushing MIXED SEX BATHROOMS in Stafford Schools."

False

By Sean Gorman • April 6, 2015

Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media:

Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

Ken Plum
stated on March 12, 2015:

"We've got 40 years of study now that show that, with a good preschool start, you're less likely to be on public dole, you're less likely to be in prison."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • March 23, 2015

Susan Pitman
stated on March 16, 2015 in a state Senate committee hearing:

The state of Florida has seen "double-digit drops" in alcohol use among teens.

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • March 18, 2015

Erika Sanzi
stated on March 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:

"Of the 10,000 Rhode Island children in charter school lotteries for the fall, more than 70 percent are poor .... In addition, a majority of them are students of color."

Mostly True

By Katie Mulvaney • March 15, 2015

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