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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview
Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."  
False
July 30, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University
"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014
Joe Leibham
Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 a news release
Says Common Core is a federal mandate.
False
July 25, 2014
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour"
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"
"Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families
"In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2014
Nan Rich
Nan Rich
stated on May 10, 2014 a speech
"$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 a television ad
"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2014
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on June 11, 2014 an infographic that went viral
There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 29, 2014 remarks on the House floor
"Milwaukee has the second-highest" number of children recovered from sex trafficking.  
False
June 1, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on May 6, 2014 a forum
The Wisconsin school voucher program "has no research that shows that it’s going to improve student learning."
Mostly True
May 28, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC
If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 an online post
"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on April 6, 2014 interview while promoting book
Atlanta is the No. 1 trading point for sexual slavery in America. Between 100 and 200 girls are sold into slavery in Atlanta every month.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 25, 2014
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 22, 2014
Betsy Miller-Jones
Betsy Miller-Jones
stated on April 4, 2014 a newsletter
"Did you know that in 2013 over 50 percent of all babies born in Oregon were Hispanic?"
False
By Dana Tims • April 17, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 31, 2014 an online petition
"Greg Abbott said it would be a ‘waste’ to expand pre-k to all Texas children."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2014
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