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Jonathan Jarvis
stated on June 14, 2016 testimony before a U.S. House committee:

The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2016

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 4, 2016 a radio ad:

Says Ron Johnson voted to turn Medicare "into a voucher program."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • June 10, 2016

Center for Individual Freedom
stated on April 13, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Paul Ryan backs a proposal that would be a "bailout" of Puerto Rico.

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • May 6, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on April 20, 2016 a Fox Business interview:

"Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2016

Marcus Low
stated on March 19, 2016 an interview with a South African journalist:

"Most funding for tuberculosis research (is) provided by the U.S. National Institutes for Health."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a campaign speech:

Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • April 1, 2016

Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad:

Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."

Mostly False

By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on February 5, 2016 a public forum:

Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on March 11, 2016 a GOP debate at the University of Miami:

Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."

True

By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2016 a TV ad:

"When the auto industry was going under, car parts companies like" Johnson Controls "begged taxpayers for a bailout, and they got one."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 a TV ad:

Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 a debate:

"We bailed out" Johnson Controls when "we saved the auto industry" and "now they want to avoid paying taxes."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 2, 2016 an appearance at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.:

The debt "comes up all the time in town meetings ... but it's never asked in the debates. It's really weird. It hasn't been brought up."

False

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 a Fox News debate :

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Dale Kooyenga
stated on January 20, 2016 a radio interview:

"A lot of student loans are already refinanced by the federal government."

False

By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:

"Very little of (the defense) budget — less than 10 percent — actually goes into fighting ISIS and international terrorism."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • January 18, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."

True

By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the Union address:

"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

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