Fact Check Posts – Page 161

Dan Kapanke
stated on June 28, 2011 in a fundraising email:

"Protesters caused $7.5 million in damage to the Wisconsin State House"

By James B. Nelson • June 30, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:

"What I have done -- and this is unprecedented ... is I've said to each agency ... 'look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them.'"

By Robert Farley • June 29, 2011

David Cicilline
stated on June 14, 2011 a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives:

The WIC program "is an incredibly cost effective program, serving nearly 10 million Americans each year and costing less than $100 per person. In my district, more than 18 percent of residents suffer from food insecurity and depend on WIC to make ends meet."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 26, 2011

Republican Party of Virginia
stated on June 16, 2011 a blog post.:

Phil Puckett "voted no on sending the EPA a message that they’ve gone too far not once, but twice."

By Wes Hester • June 24, 2011

Roxanne Ross
stated on May 15, 2011 an online posting:

Multnomah County’s food action plan "clearly plans to disrupt the free market system in terms of food choices making it harder and more expensive for many residents to eat their food of choice."

By Janie Har • June 24, 2011

Mike Stenhouse
stated on June 13, 2011 an appearance on a talk show:

"It’s just crazy that the government will ... make it illegal to use the old [incandescent] bulbs."

By Richard Salit • June 16, 2011

Lou Greenwald
stated on May 12, 2011 a message on Facebook:

Because Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a 30-bill job creation package, "New Jersey ranks 50th in the nation in job creation."

By Bill Wichert • June 12, 2011

Sandy Pasch
stated on June 6, 2011 an online chat:

Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan promised to "end health care for our seniors."

By Tom Kertscher • June 10, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on May 24, 2011 an interview on the Glenn Beck Program radio show:

"I did not say that I would not have them [Muslims] in my Cabinet."

By Willoughby Mariano • June 8, 2011

Chain email
stated on June 7, 2011 a chain e-mail:

Accuses President Barack Obama of making contradictory claims about efforts to kill Osama bin Laden in 2008 and 2011.

By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2011

William G. Batchelder
stated on May 29, 2011 an appearance on the Ohio News Network:

Says the Ohio Consumers’ Council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication.

By Joe Guillen • June 7, 2011

Jeff Kruse
stated on May 25, 2011 on the Oregon Senate floor:

Michigan and Massachusetts raised their bottle deposit and "could no longer afford the program because the redemptions were so high there was no profit in there."

By Ian K. Kullgren • June 6, 2011

John Tassoni Jr.
stated on May 19, 2011 a news release:

The Central Falls School system "spent $100,000 on a time clock."

By Richard Salit • June 5, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential campaign:

"A few months into office, (President Barack Obama) traveled around the globe to apologize for America."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2011

Sarah Palin
stated on May 31, 2011 an interview on Fox:

"We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf."

By Robert Farley • June 3, 2011

Mitt Romney
stated on June 2, 2011 a speech announcing his presidential campaign:

"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2011

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on June 1, 2011 an e-mail news release:

Says that PolitiFact Ohio confirms that Betty Sutton "maxed out federal debt"

By Stephen Koff • June 1, 2011

Jim Moran
stated on May 28, 2011 a speech.:

House Republicans required the use of Styrofoam cups in House cafeterias that are "part of Koch Industries."

By Wes Hester • June 1, 2011

Rob Eissler
stated on May 23, 2011 remarks on the House floor:

"Obesity kills 34 children per hour."

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 31, 2011

Chain email
stated on May 16, 2011 a message via the Internet:

Members of Congress "receive full pay retirement after serving one term."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 29, 2011

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