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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 14, 2011 an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:
"Iraq has the second-largest oilfields in the world (behind) Saudi Arabia."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 18, 2011 an interview:
"Gov. (Rick) Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help, which he happily took, and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 24, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on April 12, 2011 an episode of The Rachel Maddow Show.:
Says Texas routinely gets "a lot more federal spending" than it pays in taxes.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 22, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 13, 2011 a speech at George Washington University:
The Republican budget plan "says that 10 years from now, if you’re a 65-year-old who’s eligible for Medicare, you should have to pay nearly $6,400 more than you would today."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • April 18, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 14, 2011 testimony before Congress.:
"Hackers broke into Virginia's prescription-drug database (and) ... obtained more than 8.2 million patient records and a total of nearly 36 million prescriptions."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 18, 2011
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
stated on April 4, 2011 a TV interview, as well as other venues:
Milwaukee is "the most segregated city in America."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 18, 2011
Chris Van Hollen
Chris Van Hollen
stated on April 10, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
"The Republicans have demanded deep cuts in education. They've demanded cuts in cancer research and other research to find cures and treatments to diseases."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 30, 2011 an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal':
To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties "borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with today's $14 trillion debt."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • April 15, 2011
Online petition
Online petition
stated on April 8, 2011 an online petition:
"For every [coyote] they kill, the population will replace and usually multiply."
Mostly True
By Richard Salit • April 15, 2011
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on February 10, 2011 a news release.:
"Over the past decade, the big five oil companies --- BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell -- made a total profit of nearly $1 trillion."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • April 11, 2011
Saxby Chambliss
Saxby Chambliss
stated on March 29, 2011 an op-ed:
Says "an average of $4 billion is added to the national debt" every day.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 11, 2011
David Pepper
David Pepper
stated on March 10, 2011 an Ohio House committee hearing:
"Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • April 11, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on March 21, 2011 a news release:
"We’re paying out-of-state residential facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more," to house children in state custody
Mostly True
By Peter Lord • April 8, 2011
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on April 1, 2011 a press release:
Says House Republicans rejected a straightforward measure that would prevent members of Congress and the president from being paid during a government shutdown.
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 6, 2011
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
stated on April 3, 2011 a op-ed in the 'St. Petersburg Times':
"Since 1990, in inflation-adjusted dollars, per-student funding of the (Florida) state university system from general revenue has dropped by about $4,000."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 5, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 30, 2011 a “Wall Street Journal” op-ed:
"Corporate taxes will soon be the highest in the industrialized world."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • April 4, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
"Every child born today inherits a $30,000 share in a national debt that stands at more than $13 trillion."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2011
George Allen
George Allen
stated on March 23, 2011 a blog post.:
A majority of the American people opposed the health care law when it was signed and still oppose it today.  
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2011
Sally Bethea
Sally Bethea
stated on April 9, 2011 an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"In three years we could find close to 50 million gallons per day through a toilet replacement program."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 4, 2011
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 31, 2011 remarks on the House floor:
"Ninety percent of Texans say they do not want the nursing homes to close. It polls higher than anything else."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2011
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